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The lustre of our country : the American experience of religious freedom / John T. Noonan, Jr. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noonan, John T., Jr. (John Thomas), 1926-2017.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of religion--United States--History.
- Freedom of religion.
- United States--Church history.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Church history.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (436 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Lustre of Our Country demonstrates how the idea of religious freedom is central to the American experience and to American influence on religion around the world.
- Contents:
- Prologue. 1. Boston, 1926-1956
- pt. 1. History. 2. To Kill a Quaker, to Beat a Baptist
- Religious Liberty before the Revolution. 3. JM's Original Insight. 4. The Foremost of Our Political Institutions. 5. God Is Marching On. 6. The Sorceress and the Source
- pt. 2. Problems. 7. The Pilgrim's Process. 8. Durkheim's Dilemma. 9. Martyrs and Crusaders
- pt. 3. Influences. 10. The Flicker from the Forest. 11. In Behalf of the Supreme Commander. 12. American Advisers, American Missionaries. 13. The Light of Revelation and the Lustre of America
- Epilogue. 14. Ten Commandments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-421) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-520-92552-1
- 0-585-04114-8
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