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Power, Authority, and the Origins of American Denominational Order: The English Churches in the Delaware Valley (Religion & American Culture)
Jon Butler
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Paperback. Questions the assumption that colonial American churches are seedbeds of democratic sentiment merely awaiting the American Revolution to cast off the shackles of both political and religious domination. This title shows that colonial American religious organization reflected a clear and conscious commitment to British patterns of life and faith. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFD; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC2; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
This new edition and update of the seminal study, ""Power, Authority, and the Origins of American Denominational Order"", questions the assumption that colonial American churches were seedbeds of democratic sentiment merely awaiting the American Revolution to cast off the shackles of both political and religious domination. Jon Butler points out that pre-Revolutionary Americans spoke of themselves as British and replicated familiar British forms in their North American settlements. In this work, he shows that colonial American religious organization reflected a clear and conscious commitment to British patterns of life and faith.Examining late-17th - century and early-18th - century North American ... Read more
This new edition and update of the seminal study, ""Power, Authority, and the Origins of American Denominational Order"", questions the assumption that colonial American churches were seedbeds of democratic sentiment merely awaiting the American Revolution to cast off the shackles of both political and religious domination. Jon Butler points out that pre-Revolutionary Americans spoke of themselves as British and replicated familiar British forms in their North American settlements. In this work, he shows that colonial American religious organization reflected a clear and conscious commitment to British patterns of life and faith.Examining late-17th - century and early-18th - century North American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817355258
SKU
V9780817355258
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About Jon Butler
Jon Butler is Dean of the Graduate School and Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University.
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