02414nam 2200529 450 991015552890332120170602090704.00-8139-3959-3(CKB)4340000000019144(MiAaPQ)EBC4755335(EXLCZ)99434000000001914420161218h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBlood from the sky miracles and politics in the early American republic /Adam JortnerCharlottesville, [Virgina] ;London, [England] :University of Virginia Press,2017.©20171 online resource (264 pages)Jeffersonian America0-8139-3958-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Jeffersonian America.MiraclesPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySupernaturalPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryReligion and politicsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCrisesPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryMiraclesPolitical aspectsHistorySupernaturalPolitical aspectsHistoryReligion and politicsHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryCrisesPolitical aspectsHistory973Jortner Adam1086418MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155528903321Blood from the sky2887065UNINA