LEADER 02925oam 22005052 450 001 996247955603316 005 20231020200453.0 010 $a0-511-09706-9 010 $a0-511-58381-8 024 7 $a2027/heb01332 035 $a(CKB)1000000000397204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4639522 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511583810 035 $a(dli)HEB01332 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003865413 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000397204 100 $a20090612d1985|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aVisionary republic $emillennial themes in American thought 1756-1800 /$fRuth H. Bloch 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1985. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 291 pages) $cillustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-521-26811-7 311 0 $a0-521-35764-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographic references and index. 327 $apt. 1. The development of a millenial tradition in colonial America -- pt. 2. The rise and decline of millenialism in the Revolutionary era -- pt. 3. The eschatological revival of the 1790's. 330 $aAn account of the role of millennial thinking in the age of the American Revolution, this book demonstrates the popularity and diffusion of millennial expectations among several types of American Protestants by the middle of the eighteenth century and illuminates the way these hopes shaped the understanding of the Revolution and the symbolic meaning of the new nation. Unlike most previous works, this study extends well beyond the social and geographic perimeters of the New England clergy and is based on a wide range of secular as well as religious literature. The book not only sheds light on the role of religion in the American Revolution, but it also surveys an important facet of the intellectual history of the early Republic. Analysing the interplay of millennial, republican and Enlightenment ideas about the future, the author reveals both complementary and contradictory themes in American thought of an older cultural tradition of millennialism while at the same time tracing variations and changes within that tradition during this formative period of American history. 606 $aMillennialism$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xReligious aspects 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCauses 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$yTo 1775 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y18th century 615 0$aMillennialism$xHistory 676 $a973.3 700 $aBloch$b Ruth H.$f1949-$0447247 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247955603316 996 $aVisionary republic$9100236 997 $aUNISA