The divided heart : essays on Protestantism and the Enlightenment in America / Henry F. May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Henry F. (Henry Farnham), 1915- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Religion.

United States.

United States--Intellectual life.

United States--Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of essays which explore the impact of Protestantism on the social, political and religious life of Americans. Topics discussed include the influence of the American Enlightenment on the American Constitution, on presidents and statesmen, and on authors and literature.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Faith in History; I: Allegiances; 1. Religion and American Intellectual History, 1945-1985: Reflections on an Uneasy Relationship; 2. The Rough Road to Virgin Land; 3. The Prophet and the Establishment; II: Edwards and After; 4. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Oldtown Folks: An Introduction; 5. Jonathan Edwards and America; III: The Enlightenment and After; 6. The Constitution and the Enlightened Consensus; 7. The Jeffersonian Moment; 8. After the Enlightenment: A Prospectus; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771259-2

1-280-52402-2

1-4237-3555-2

0-19-536317-5

1-60129-736-X

OCLC:

191038088