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Illusions of innocence : Protestant primitivism in America, 1630-1875 / Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen ; foreword by Robert N. Bellah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protestant churches--United States--History.
- Protestant churches.
- Primitivism.
- History.
- United States.
- Primitivism--History.
- United States--Church history.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 296 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of restoration to a primitive, primeval innocence. Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen argue that from colonial times to the nineteenth century and even, in some cases, through the twentieth century, Americans have wanted to recover those 'first times' that stand behind our historical past.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226359174
- OCLC:
- 17648784
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