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Conceived in Doubt: Religion and Politics in the New American Nation (American Beginnings, 1500-1900)
Amanda Porterfield
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Paperback. Americans have long acknowledged a connection between evangelical religion and democracy in the early days of the republic. The author demolishes the idea that evangelical growth in the early republic was the cheerful product of enthusiasm for democracy, and creates for us a very different narrative of influence and ideals in the young republic. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Americans have long acknowledged a deep connection between evangelical religion and democracy in the early days of the republic. This is a widely accepted narrative that is maintained as a matter of fact and tradition - and in spite of evangelicalism's more authoritarian and reactionary aspects. In Conceived in Doubt, Amanda Porterfield challenges this standard interpretation of evangelicalism's relation to democracy and describes the intertwined relationship between religion and partisan politics that emerged in the formative era of the early republic. In the 1790s, religious doubt became common in the young republic as the culture shifted from mere skepticism toward ... Read more
Americans have long acknowledged a deep connection between evangelical religion and democracy in the early days of the republic. This is a widely accepted narrative that is maintained as a matter of fact and tradition - and in spite of evangelicalism's more authoritarian and reactionary aspects. In Conceived in Doubt, Amanda Porterfield challenges this standard interpretation of evangelicalism's relation to democracy and describes the intertwined relationship between religion and partisan politics that emerged in the formative era of the early republic. In the 1790s, religious doubt became common in the young republic as the culture shifted from mere skepticism toward ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226271965
SKU
V9780226271965
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About Amanda Porterfield
Amanda Porterfield is the Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion and professor of history at Florida State University.
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