Household Gods: The Religious Lives of the Adams Family

Zusatztext Sara Georgini has the knack of making dry history as interesting as a novel can be... It is a must-read for everybody who is interested in American history. Informationen zum Autor Sara Georgini, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., earned her doctorate in history from Boston University. She is series editor for The Papers of John Adams, part of the Adams Papers editorial project based at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston. Klappentext Household Gods is the 300-year story of religious exploration and discovery, as told by early America's first family, the Adameses of Massachusetts, as they navigate faith and doubt in the growing nation¿and beyond. Zusammenfassung Household Gods is the 300-year story of religious exploration and discovery, as told by early America's first family, the Adameses of Massachusetts, as they navigate faith and doubt in the growing nation--and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Sara (Series Editor Georgini, Sara Georgini, Georgini Sara
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 28.02.2019
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780190882587
• ISBN: 978-0-19-088258-7
• Pages: 296
• Subjects: Biography: historical, political & military, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Christian life & practice, History of the Americas, Christian life and practice, Biography: historical, political and military, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity