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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154334403321

Autore

Pinheiro John C

Titolo

Missionaries of Republicanism : a religious history of the Mexican-American War

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Religion in America Missionaries of Republicanism

Disciplina

277.3/081

Soggetti

Anti-Catholicism - History - 19th century - United States

Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Religious aspects - Christianity

Religion

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Philosophy & Religion

Christianity

United States - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The term 'manifest destiny' has traditionally been linked to U.S. westward expansion in the nineteenth century, the desire to spread republican government, and racialist theories like Anglo-Saxonism. Yet few people realise the degree to which manifest destiny and American republicanism relied on a deeply anti-Catholic civil-religious discourse.