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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155528903321

Autore

Jortner Adam

Titolo

Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic / / Adam Jortner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, [Virgina] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8139-3959-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Jeffersonian America

Disciplina

973

Soggetti

Miracles - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century

Supernatural - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century

Religion and politics - United States - History - 19th century

Political culture - United States - History - 19th century

Crises - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century

United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: History, reality, and miracles -- Part I. The supernatural world -- The language of the supernatural -- The practice of the supernatural -- The politics of the supernatural -- Part II. The sectarian impulse -- Shakers -- Native American prophets -- Latter-Day Saints -- The sects that weren't -- Conclusion: Liberty and theology.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines the appearance of miracles and the supernatural in Jeffersonian America, and explains the way in which these religious claims to supernatural powers represented a political crisis in the new republic"--Provided by publisher.