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Religion and the American Nation: Historiography and History (George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History)
J.F. Wilson
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Hardcover. This survey ranges across several centuries of change in the ways in which historians have thought and written about history in America. In particular, John F. Wilson is concerned with how historians have perceived religion's relationship to the political organization of the country. Series: George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
This lively survey ranges across several centuries of change in the ways historians have thought and written about religion in America. In particular, John F. Wilson is concerned with how historians have perceived religion's relationship to the political organization of our country. He begins by establishing the genesis of religion as a specialized area of American history in the nineteenth century, and then discusses religious history's development through the early 1970s. Along the way he considers topics ranging from the ""long shadow"" the Puritans have cast over our comprehension of religion in American history to the ascendancy of such institutions ... Read more
This lively survey ranges across several centuries of change in the ways historians have thought and written about religion in America. In particular, John F. Wilson is concerned with how historians have perceived religion's relationship to the political organization of our country. He begins by establishing the genesis of religion as a specialized area of American history in the nineteenth century, and then discusses religious history's development through the early 1970s. Along the way he considers topics ranging from the ""long shadow"" the Puritans have cast over our comprehension of religion in American history to the ascendancy of such institutions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Series
George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820322896
SKU
V9780820322896
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About J.F. Wilson
John F. Wilson is Collord Professor of Religion and has been dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University. His books include Pulpit in Parliament and Public Religion in American Culture.
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