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Protestant empire [[electronic resource] ] : religion and the making of the British Atlantic world / / Carla Gardina Pestana



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Autore: Pestana Carla Gardina Visualizza persona
Titolo: Protestant empire [[electronic resource] ] : religion and the making of the British Atlantic world / / Carla Gardina Pestana Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina: 270.09171/241
Soggetto topico: HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Church history
Great Britain Colonies Africa Religion
Great Britain Colonies America Religion
Soggetto non controllato: American History
American Studies
Classificazione: 15.50
11.55
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-285) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Religion before English expansion -- Reformation and the politicization of religious expansion -- Exporting the religious tensions of the three kingdoms -- Restoration settlement and the growth of diversity -- Battling over religious identity in the late seventeenth century -- Religious encounters and the making of a British Atlantic -- Revivalism and the growth of evangelical Christianity -- Revolutionary divisions, continuing bonds -- Conclusion : the British Atlantic world in perspective.
Sommario/riassunto: Beginning with the role religion played in the lives of believers in West Africa, eastern North America, and western Europe in about 1500, author Carla Gardina Pestana shows how the Protestant Reformation helped to fuel colonial expansion as bitter rivalries prompted a fierce competition for souls. -- from publisher description.
Titolo autorizzato: Protestant empire  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-21207-2
9786613212078
0-8122-0349-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807462503321
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