| Description |
xiv, 375 p. |
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Religions of the Americas series |
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Religions of the Americas series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index. |
| Contents |
The beginning of the American Revolution in the conversion of Northampton. The travail of the Puritan covenant -- Original sin: human limitations and the openness of community -- God is no respecter of persons: the ordinary, lowly, and infantile nature of the revival -- The "strange revolution" and the aesthetics of grace -- The second great awakening, the national period, and Melville's American destiny. Pierre; or, The Ambiguities and the formation of the American dilemma -- A revolutionary marriage deferred -- The mystery of Melville's darkwoman -- From "self" to "soul": W.E.B. Du Bois's critical understanding of the ideals of liberal democracy in the new world. Strange Jeremiah: civil religion and the public intellectual -- Strivings and original sin: the unlovely, plural American soul -- The talented tenth and colonizing heroes -- Du Bois's aesthetic of beauty in the new world -- The irony of the American self. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Civil religion -- United States -- History.
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United States -- History.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780826346797 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0826346790 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780826346810 (electronic bk.) |
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