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Household Gods - The Religious Lives of the Adams Family

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Household Gods is a 300-year story of religious exploration and discovery, as told by early America's first family, the Adamses of Massachusetts, as they navigated faith and doubt in the growing nation--and beyond.

List of contents










  • Introduction

  • Chapter 1: The Providence of John and Abigail Adams

  • Chapter 2: John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams at Prayer

  • Chapter 3: Charles Francis Adams on Pilgrimage

  • Chapter 4: The Cosmopolitan Christianity of Henry Adams

  • Chapter 5: Higher than a City upon a Hill

  • Notes

  • Index



About the author

Sara Georgini is series editor for The Papers of John Adams, part of the Adams Papers editorial project based at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston. She earned her doctorate in history from Boston University.

Summary

Household Gods is a 300-year story of religious exploration and discovery, as told by early America's first family, the Adamses of Massachusetts, as they navigated faith and doubt in the growing nation--and beyond.

Additional text

Students and teachers of American religious history and political culture alike should find this factually rich, insightful, and artfully written study interesting and profitable.

Product details

Authors Georgini, Sara Georgini, Sara (Series Editor Georgini, Georgini Sara
Publisher Oxford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 28.02.2022
 
EAN 9780197647219
ISBN 978-0-19-764721-9
No. of pages 296
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

USA, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, C 1600 To C 1700

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