Illusions of innocence: protestant primitivism in America, 1630 - 1875
Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of recovery or restoration. Hughes and Allen show how the restoration perspective has worked in two important ways in American life: enshrining "first times" as a kind of transcendent norm that stands in judgment o...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago u.a.
University of Chicago Press
1988
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| In: | Year: 1988 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hughes, Richard T., Illusions of Innocence: Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630-1875] (1989) (Gaustad, Edwin S.)
Illusions of Innocence: Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630-1875. Richard T. Hughes , C. Leonard Allen (1990) (Gilpin, W. Clark, 1945 -) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Protestantism
/ Primitivism
/ History 1630-1875
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| Further subjects: | B
Protestant churches United States History
B United States Church history B Primitivism Religious aspects Christianity History B Primitivism History |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of recovery or restoration. Hughes and Allen show how the restoration perspective has worked in two important ways in American life: enshrining "first times" as a kind of transcendent norm that stands in judgment on the ambiguities of the present; and fully identifying a de . |
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| Item Description: | Bibliography: p. 233-287 |
| ISBN: | 0226359174 |