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Pulpit and nation : clergymen and the politics of revolutionary America / Spencer W. McBride.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McBride, Spencer W., author.
- Series:
- Jeffersonian America.
- Jeffersonian America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States.
- Christianity and politics--United States--History--18th century.
- Christianity and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, [Virgina] ; London, [England] : University of Virginia Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Ultimately, Pulpit and Nation reveals that while religious expression was common in the political culture of the Revolutionary era, it was as much the calculated design of ambitious men seeking power as it was the natural outgrowth of a devoutly religious people.
- Contents:
- Congress and the courtship of providence
- Revolutionizing chaplains
- Navigating revolution
- Clergymen and the Constitution
- Preaching party
- The myth of the Christian president
- Conclusion: More than a question of church and state.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 15, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9780813939575
- 0813939577
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