Christian nation? [[electronic resource] ] : the United States in popular perception and historical reality / / T. Adams Upchurch |
Autore | Upchurch Thomas Adams |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 322/.10973 |
Soggetto topico |
Christianity - United States - History
Church and state - United States - History Christianity and politics - United States - History National characteristics, American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-313-38643-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456411103321 |
Upchurch Thomas Adams | ||
Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Christian nation? [[electronic resource] ] : the United States in popular perception and historical reality / / T. Adams Upchurch |
Autore | Upchurch Thomas Adams |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 322/.10973 |
Soggetto topico |
Christianity and politics - United States - History
Christianity - United States - History Church and state - United States - History National characteristics, American |
ISBN |
979-84-00-62618-0
0-313-38643-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781138403321 |
Upchurch Thomas Adams | ||
Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Christian nation? : the United States in popular perception and historical reality / / T. Adams Upchurch |
Autore | Upchurch Thomas Adams |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 322/.10973 |
Soggetto topico |
Christianity and politics - United States - History
Christianity - United States - History Church and state - United States - History National characteristics, American |
ISBN |
979-84-00-62618-0
0-313-38643-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Christian Nation?: The United States in Popular Perception and Historical Reality -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Church-State Issue as Historical Entertainment -- Perceptions -- Historiography -- 1. The American ''Way'': Fabricating a New Creed for a Nascent Nation -- The National Paradox -- The Founders and What They Founded -- Nationalism, the Civic Religion, and Peer Pressure -- 2. The American ''Israel'': Considering the Annuit Coeptis Theory -- A Chosen People -- Religiosity and the Numbers Game -- 3. The American ''Pie'': Considering the History of E Pluribus Unum -- Ingredients -- Recipe -- Move to America, Shake Well -- Serve Hot -- 4. The American ''Magna Carta'': Congress Shall Make No Law ... So Neither Should the Supreme Court -- Division of Labor -- Developments in the Revolution and Early Republic -- The Philosophy of Separationism -- Exploring the First Amendment -- 5. The American ''Orthodoxy'': Nonconformity among the Founders -- Freethinkers and Freethinking -- Deism -- Freemasonry -- 6. The American ''Irrationalism'': The Founders and the Reasonableness of Religion -- The Declaration of Irrationalism -- The Irrational Constitution -- A Utilitarian Faith? -- 7. The American ''Exemplars'': Founders Who Led by Example -- The Bit Players -- Benjamin Franklin -- George Washington -- John Adams -- Thomas Jefferson -- James Madison -- Alexander Hamilton -- 8. The American ''Duality'': The Art and Science of Equipoise -- Faith and Reason -- God and Mammon -- North and South -- Conservatism and Liberalism -- Conclusion: A Novus Ordo Seclorum? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822480803321 |
Upchurch Thomas Adams | ||
Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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