Under the cope of heaven : religion, society and politics in colonial America / Patricia U. Bonomi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonomi, Patricia U. (Patricia Updegraff)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Religion--To 1800.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition:

Updated ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

In this pathbreaking study, Patricia Bonomi argues that religion was as instrumental as either politics or the economy in shaping early American life and values. Looking at the middle and southern colonies as well as at Puritan New England, Bonomi finds an abundance of religious vitality through the colonial years among clergy and churchgoers of diverse religious background. The book also explores the tightening relationship between religion and politics and illuminates the vital role religion played in the American Revolution. A perennial backlist title first published in 1986, this updated e

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Chapter 1. The Religious Prospect

PART I. RELIGION AND SOCIETY

Chapter 2. The New Heavens and the New Earth

The "forlorne" State of Religion

A Grudging Toleration

The Restoration Colonies and the Growth of Toleration

Religious Liberty on-Principle

Chapter 3. The Clergymen

The precariousness of their Livings": The Colonial Anglican Clergy

The Rectors' Daily Rounds

The "clean Air" of New England: Congregational Clergymen

Diversity and Renewal: The German Church Clergy

Chapter 4. The Churchgoers

A Word about Numbers

Churchgoing and Social Rank

A Gentleman's Religion

Daughters of Zion,

More Godly Women Than Men

Young and Old

Blacks, Indians, and Indentured Servants

The Great Awakening and Church Membership

PART II. RELIGION AND POLITICS

Chapter 5. "The Hosannas of the Multitude": The Great Awakening in America

Presbyterian Beginnings

New Sides vs. Old Sides

The "divine fire" Kindled in New England

Minority Rights and Divided Sovereignty: The Great Awakening as a Radical Model

Who is upon GOD's Side?

Chapter 6. The Political Awakening

From Religion to Politics in Connecticut

Denominational Politics in Pennsylvania

Dissenters vs. Anglicans in Virginia

Chapter 7. Religion and the American Revolution

The Ideology of Dissent

The "infernal confederacy": Controversy over an American Bishop

The Clergy, the People, and the Patriot Cause

Chapter 8. The Formation of American Religious Culture

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Previous ed.: 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-988303-3

0-19-972911-5

0-19-530379-2