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The religion-supported state : piety and politics in early national New England
Title
The religion-supported state : piety and politics in early national New England / Nathan S. Rives.
ISBN
9781793655240
1793655243
9781793655257
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
xi, 279 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Between 1776 and 1850, the people, politicians, and clergy of New England transformed the relationship between church and state. This book examines how church and state collided over disestablishment, Sunday laws, and antislavery and built the foundation of what the author describes as a religion-supported state"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Rives, Nathan S., 1977- Religion-supported state Lanham : Lexington Books, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2023
Series
Religion in American history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the religion-supported state in early national New England
The ghost of Constantine : dissenters and state-supported religious error
The spirit of the pilgrims : state-supported religion in New England
The politics of religious authority : reason, revelation, and the problem of rationalism
The politics of moral reasoning : Heaven and Hell and the morality in-between
The partisan agenda : Federalists, Republicans, and religion
The unitarian paradox : the liberal defense of state-supported religion in Masschusetts
The voluntary solution : civil society and the religion-supported state
The Sunday police : Sabbatarians, anti-Sabbatarians, and voluntary religion
The antislavery dilemma : the moral crisis of the religion-supported state.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Church history.
History.
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