bokomslag Pulpit and Nation
Filosofi & religion

Pulpit and Nation

Spencer W McBride

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  • 271 sidor
  • 2017
In Pulpit and Nation, Spencer McBride highlights the importance of Protestant clergymen in early American political culture, showing the actual role of religion in the founding era. Beginning with colonial precedents for clerical involvement in politics and concluding with false rumors of Thomas Jeffersons conversion to Christianity in 1817, this book demonstrates the ways in which the clergys political activismand early Americans general use of religious language and symbols in their political discourseexpanded and evolved to become an integral piece in the invention of an American national identity. Offering a fresh examination of some of the key junctures in the development of the American political systemthe Revolution, the ratification debates of 178788, and the formation of political parties in the 1790sMcBride shows how religious arguments, sentiments, and motivations were subtly interwoven with political ones in the creation of the early American republic. 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.
  • Författare: Spencer W McBride
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780813939568
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 271
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2017-01-30
  • Förlag: University of Virginia Press