From Jamestown to Jefferson: The Evolution of Religious Freedom in Virginia
The editors rightly suggest that this short volume might spark a “long overdue … study of early Virginia religion” (p. 8). As can be expected from a series of lectures, this work does not dramatically change the historiography, but the discussion that it invites is welcome. In any case, it makes a g...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2011, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 499-502 |
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| Summary: | The editors rightly suggest that this short volume might spark a “long overdue … study of early Virginia religion” (p. 8). As can be expected from a series of lectures, this work does not dramatically change the historiography, but the discussion that it invites is welcome. In any case, it makes a good afternoon refresher on Virginia's religious history., “In the beginning—that is to say, in the spring of 1607,” is a beguiling way for Brent Tarter to open both the volume and his argument that Virginia's early religious landscape reflected a vibrant religious practice in which even Puritanism played a part (p. 17). Commonly noted problems with vacant parishes were likely an issue of “supply, not … demand” (p. 28). |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csr074 |