An age of infidels: the politics of religious controversy in the early United States
Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age...
| Summary: | Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty. Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction. Remaking Religion -- Chapter 1. Boundaries -- Chapter 2. America's Deist Future -- Chapter 3. Citizen Deists -- Chapter 4. Partisan Religious Truths -- Chapter 5. America's Deist Past -- Chapter 6. Free Enquiry -- Chapter 7. Political Religion, Political Irreligion -- Epilogue. The Origins of American Cultural Politics -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis from Brandeis Univ., 2008 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0812244931 |