The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 Seiten This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... things that pertains to human society ; yea , it is one of the most beautiful and happy things on earth , which indeed makes earth most like heaven . ” This " strange revolution " of Edwardsian revivalism , happiness out of distress ...
... things that pertains to human society ; yea , it is one of the most beautiful and happy things on earth , which indeed makes earth most like heaven . ” This " strange revolution " of Edwardsian revivalism , happiness out of distress ...
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... things , a " baseless fabric " in the end . Could it be that revolutionary zeal actually encroaches on Christian piety ? Any response to this question embarrasses the American clergy in 1780 . Promoting patriotism takes from the chief ...
... things , a " baseless fabric " in the end . Could it be that revolutionary zeal actually encroaches on Christian piety ? Any response to this question embarrasses the American clergy in 1780 . Promoting patriotism takes from the chief ...
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... thing constructed of various parts or members , " " any thing made so as to inclose or admit something else ... things , but most particularly it encloses and , thereby , creates form in the midst of chaos . Without the weaver's ...
... thing constructed of various parts or members , " " any thing made so as to inclose or admit something else ... things , but most particularly it encloses and , thereby , creates form in the midst of chaos . Without the weaver's ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Adams's African Americans American Enlightenment American Revolution Anglo-American argument Articles Articles of Confederation assertion authority Benjamin Rush Boston Boston-Gazette British citizen claim clergy colonial Common Sense conflict Congress Constitution Convention culture dangers debate Declaration of Independence Dickinson discourse document dominate early Republic early republican Edmund Randolph eighteenth-century election sermon England English essay European expression fear Federal Federalist frame Franklin freedom God's human ideas identity intellectual Jefferson John Adams king language leaders letter liberty literary Madison Massachusetts ment Mercy Otis Warren metaphor mind minister narrative Native-American nature original Otis Paine Paine's pamphlet Parliament philosophical political protest question radical reason rebellion religion religious revivalism revolutionary rhetoric secular Seider slave slavery Sons of Liberty Stamp Act star-spangled banner Summary View symbol tion truth understanding union University Press Venture Smith Virginia virtue voice Washington Whig women words writing
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