Jacob Green''s Revolution - Radical Religion and Reform in a Revolutionary Age

Informationen zum Autor S. Scott Rohrer is an independent scholar. Klappentext Part biography and part microhistory, Jacob Green's Revolution focuses on two key figures in New Jersey's revolutionary drama-Jacob Green, a radical Presbyterian minister who advocated revolution, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler, a conservative Anglican minister from Elizabeth Town who was a leading loyalist spokesman in America. Both men were towering intellects who were shaped by Puritan culture and the Enlightenment, and both became acclaimed writers and leading figures in New Jersey-Green for the rebelling colonists, Chandler for the king. Through their stories, this book examines the ways in which religion influenced reform during a pivotal time in American history. Zusammenfassung Examines the ways religion influenced reform during the American Revolution in New Jersey. Focuses on two pivotal figures: Jacob Green, a Presbyterian minister who advocated revolution, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler, an Anglican minister and a leading loyalist spokesman.

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• Authors: Cq Researcher S Scott Rohrer, Independent Scholar S Scott Rohrer, S. Scott Rohrer, S. Scott (CQ Researcher) Rohrer
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2014
• EAN: 9780271064222
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06422-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Biography: religious & spiritual, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, American War of Independence