Religion and the American Revolution: an imperial history

"For most of the eighteenth century, British Protestantism was driven neither by the primacy of denominations nor by fundamental discord between them. Instead, it thrived as part of a complex transatlantic system that bound religious institutions to imperial politics. As Katherine Carté argues,...

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Main Author: Carté, Katherine (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Williamsburg, Virginia Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture [2021]
Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: Carté, Katherine, Religion and the American Revolution] (2022) (Marini, Stephen A., 1946 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / North America / Revolutionary War / American Revolution / Protestantism / Imperialism / History 1772-1800
Further subjects:B Church and state (Great Britain) History
B Protestantism Political aspects (Great Britain)
B Protestantism Political aspects (United States)
B Religion And Politics (United States) History
B Church and state (United States) History
B United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Religious aspects
B Great Britain Colonies (America) History 17th century
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Summary:"For most of the eighteenth century, British Protestantism was driven neither by the primacy of denominations nor by fundamental discord between them. Instead, it thrived as part of a complex transatlantic system that bound religious institutions to imperial politics. As Katherine Carté argues, British imperial Protestantism proved remarkably effective in advancing both the interests of empire and the cause of religion until the war for American independence disrupted it. That Revolution forced a reassessment of the role of religion in public life on both sides of the Atlantic. Religious communities struggled to reorganize within and across new national borders. Religious leaders recalibrated their relationships to government. If these shifts were more pronounced in the United States than in Britain, the loss of a shared system nonetheless mattered to both nations. Sweeping and explicitly transatlantic, Religion and the American Revolution demonstrates that if religion helped set the terms through which Anglo-Americans encountered the imperial crisis and the violence of war, it likewise set the terms through which both nations could imagine the possibilities of a new world"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1469662647