"Conventional wisdom holds that tradition and history meant little to nineteenth-century American Protestants, who relied on common sense and 'the Bible alone'. The Old Faith in a New Nation challenges this portrayal, showing that between the Revolution and the Civil War, American Pro...

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1. Verfasser:	Gutacker, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Oxford University Press [2023]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1800-1900 Evangelikale Bewegung Protestantismus USA Protestantism / United States / History / 19th century Evangelicalism / United States / History / 19th century Evangelicalism Protestantism United States 1800-1899 History
Zusammenfassung:	"Conventional wisdom holds that tradition and history meant little to nineteenth-century American Protestants, who relied on common sense and 'the Bible alone'. The Old Faith in a New Nation challenges this portrayal, showing that between the Revolution and the Civil War, American Protestants were deeply interested in the meaning of the Christian past. Paul J. Gutacker draws from hundreds of print sources--sermons, books, speeches, legal arguments, and political petitions--to show how ordinary educated Americans remembered and used Christian history. Even while claiming to rely on the Bible alone, evangelicals turned to Christian history to navigate pressing questions about church-state relations, Catholic immigration, women's rights and roles, slavery, and more. By tracing how American evangelicals remembered and used Christian history, The Old Faith in a New Nation interrogates the meaning of 'biblicism' and provides context for evaluating the way in which the religious past is remembered, contested, and memorialized today." --
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	x, 247 Seiten 25 cm
ISBN:	9780197639146 9780197639153