Age of Infidels - The Politics of Religious Controversy in the Early United States

Eric R. Schlereth is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Remaking Religion

Chapter 1. Boundaries

Chapter 2. America's Deist Future

Chapter 3. Citizen Deists

Chapter 4. Partisan Religious Truths

Chapter 5. America's Deist Past

Chapter 6. Free Enquiry

Chapter 7. Political Religion, Political Irreligion

Epilogue. The Origins of American Cultural Politics

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Eric R. Schlereth

Zusammenfassung

Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Eric R Schlereth, Eric R. Schlereth
• Verlag: University of pennsylvania pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780812224153
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2415-3
• Seiten: 304
• Serien: Early American Studies; Early American Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges