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Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic
Title
Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic / Adam Jortner.
ISBN
9780813939582 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0813939585 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780813939599 (e-book)
Published
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.
Physical Description
xiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This book examines the appearance of miracles and the supernatural in Jeffersonian America, and explains the way in which these religious claims to supernatural powers represented a political crisis in the new republic"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2017
Series
Jeffersonian America
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: History, reality, and miracles
Part I. The supernatural world
The language of the supernatural
The practice of the supernatural
The politics of the supernatural
Part II. The sectarian impulse
Shakers
Native American prophets
Latter-Day Saints
The sects that weren't
Conclusion: Liberty and theology.
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