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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465201203321

Autore

Bressler Ann Lee

Titolo

The Universalist movement in America, 1770-1880 [[electronic resource] /] / Ann Lee Bressler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-530215-X

1-280-47235-9

0-19-802974-8

9786610472352

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Religion in America series

Disciplina

289.1/73

Soggetti

Universalist churches - United States - History - 18th century

Universalism - History - 18th century

Universalist churches - United States - History - 19th century

Universalism - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Church history 18th century

United States Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; ONE: Calvinism Improved; TWO: The Challenge of Communal Piety; THREE: Controversy and Identity; FOUR: Universal Redemption and Social Reform; FIVE: Universalism and Spiritual Science; SIX: Winning the Battle, Losing the War; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This text offers a cultural history of Universalism & the Universalist idea - the idea that an all-good & all-powerful God saves all souls. Bressler puts forth the unique argument that early Universalists were proponents of an 'improved' Calvinism.