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

Informationen zum Autor Eric R. Schlereth is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas. Klappentext Eric R. Schlereth is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas. 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. 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

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• Authors: Eric R Schlereth, Eric R. Schlereth, SCHLERETH ERIC R
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2013
• EAN: 9780812244939
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4493-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Early American Studies; Early American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous