Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic / / Adam Jortner
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| Autore: |
Jortner Adam
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| Titolo: |
Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic / / Adam Jortner
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, [Virgina] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 973 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Blood from the sky |
| ISBN: | 0-8139-3959-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910155528903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Jeffersonian America.