Prophesies of Godlessness - Predictions of America s Iminent Secularization, from Puritans to

Zusatztext There are many things to recommend about this book, but perhaps the most valuable aspect is the way it makes coherent and usable the debate over religion in American life. ...The editors have done an admirable job sustaining that easy intellectual flow in their relevant and scholarly book. Charles Mathewes is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where he specializes in Christian theology and ethics, comparative religious ethics, and religion, politics, and society. Christopher McKnight Nichols is a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He specializes in United States intellectual, cultural, and political history from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century. Klappentext Prophesies of Godlessness explains patterns in how Americans, from the Puritans to the present, have imagined and disseminated prophesies for and against "godlessness." The book identifies and analyzes surprising continuities among those prophesies throughout American history and among thinkers of surprisingly diverse political and religious views. Zusammenfassung Prophesies of Godlessness explains patterns in how Americans, from the Puritans to the present, have imagined and disseminated prophesies for and against "godlessness." The book identifies and analyzes surprising continuities among those prophesies throughout American history and among thinkers of surprisingly diverse political and religious views.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Charles Mathewes, Charles (EDT)/ Nichols Mathewes, Charles T Mathewes, Charles T. Mathewes, Christopher Mcknight Nichols
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 08.09.2008
• EAN: 9780195342543
• ISBN: 978-0-19-534254-3
• Pages: 250
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Amerikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), RELIGION / History, History of Religion, History of the Americas