[Rezension von: Schlereth, Eric R., An age of infidels]
The early national period of United States history saw furious public debates over religion, controversies that paradoxically resulted from the disestablishment of America's state churches and the constitutional ban on a national establishment of religion. Not that America lacked religious cont...
| Published in: | A journal of church and state |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| In: |
A journal of church and state
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| Review of: | An age of infidels (Philadelphia : Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2013) (Kidd, Thomas S.)
An age of infidels (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013) (Kidd, Thomas S.) An age of infidels (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013) (Kidd, Thomas S.) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Politics
/ Religious freedom
/ USA
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| RelBib Classification: | KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | The early national period of United States history saw furious public debates over religion, controversies that paradoxically resulted from the disestablishment of America's state churches and the constitutional ban on a national establishment of religion. Not that America lacked religious controversy before, but earlier dustups had been largely intra-Protestant, such as the feuds precipitated by the Great Awakening in the 1740s. Disestablishment heralded the threat of irreligion, unbelief, and infidelity, grounded in fears that full religious liberty might allow heretics to command power and cultural sway. As Eric R. Schlereth's fresh and insightful An Age of Infidels notes, infidelity in the post-Revolutionary era could theoretically refer to many non-Christian groups, but practically, infidel usually meant “deist.” The specter of deism, and actions... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csv009 |