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Author Schlereth, Eric R.

Title An age of infidels : the politics of religious controversy in the early United States / Eric R. Schlereth
Edition 1st ed
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations
Series Early American studies
Early American studies.
Contents Frontmatter -- 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 -- Acknowledgments
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
Notes Based on the author's thesis from Brandeis Univ., 2008
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Subject Christianity and politics -- United States -- History
Christianity and culture -- United States -- History
Christianity and other religions -- United States
Church and state -- United States -- History
Deism -- United States -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Christianity
Christianity and culture
Christianity and politics
Church and state
Deism
Interfaith relations
Politics and government
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140416
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012049858
ISBN 9780812208252
0812208250
0812224159
9780812224153