| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) |
| Contents |
Calvin and the social order in early America : moral ideals and transatlantic empire / Mark Valeri -- Calvinism and American national identity / David Little -- Implausible : Calvinism and American politics / D.G. Hart -- Practical ecclesiology in John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards / Amy Plantinga Pauw -- "Falling away from the general faith of the Reformation"? : the contest over Calvinism in nineteenth-century America / Douglas A. Sweeney -- Calvin and Calvinism within Congregational and Unitarian discourse in nineteenth-century America / David D. Hall -- Whose Calvin, which Calvinism? : John Calvin and the development of twentieth-century American theology / Stephen D. Crocco -- "Strange providence" : indigenist Calvinism in the writings of Mohegan minister Samson Occom (1723-1792) / Denise T. Askin -- Geneva's crystalline clarity : Harriet Beecher Stowe and Max Weber on Calvinism and the American character / Peter J. Thuesen -- "Jonathan Edwards, Calvin, Baxter & Co." : Mark Twain and the comedy of Calvinism / Joe B. Fulton -- Cold comforts : John Updike, Protestant thought, and the semantics of paradox / Kyle A. Pasewark -- Conclusion: John Calvin at "home" in American culture / Thomas J. Davis |
| Summary |
This title explores the ways Calvin and the Calvinist tradition have influenced American life. In addition, each section moves chronologically, ranging from colonial times to the 21st century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Calvinism -- United States -- History
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Calvinist.
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Calvinism
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Civilization
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139934
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davis, Thomas J. (Thomas Jeffery), 1958-
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| ISBN |
9780199741724 |
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0199741727 |
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9780199777099 |
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0199777098 |
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0195390970 |
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9780195390971 |
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