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xi, 253 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Jeffersonian America |
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Jeffersonian America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Congress and the courtship of providence -- Revolutionizing chaplains -- Navigating revolution -- Clergymen and the Constitution -- Preaching party -- The myth of the Christian president -- Conclusion: More than a question of church and state. |
| Summary |
In Pulpit and Nation, Spencer McBride highlights the importance of Protestant clergymen in early American political culture, elucidating the actual role of religion in the founding era. Beginning with colonial precedents for clerical involvement in politics and concluding with false rumors of Thomas Jefferson's conversion to Christianity in 1817, this book reveals the ways in which the clergy's political activism--and early Americans' general use of religious language and symbols in their political discourse--expanded and evolved to become an integral piece in the invention of an American national identity. Offering a fresh examination of some of the key junctures in the development of the American political system--the Revolution, the ratification debates of 1787-88, and the formation of political parties in the 1790s--McBride shows how religious arguments, sentiments, and motivations were subtly interwoven with political ones in the creation of the early American republic. Ultimately, Pulpit and Nation reveals that while religious expression was common in the political culture of the Revolutionary era, it was as much the calculated design of ambitious men seeking power as it was the natural outgrowth of a devoutly religious people. -- Inside jacket flap. |
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American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects.
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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United States -- Church history -- 18th century.
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Christianity and politics. (OCoLC)fst00859736
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780813939568 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0813939569 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780813939575 (ebook) |
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