Mission and menace: four centuries of American religious zeal
Shaping zealous trajectories -- Colonial beginnings : the millennial city set upon a hill -- God's new Israel : the theocratic experiment and its deflation -- The great awakening and the prelude to the American Revolution -- The post-millennial republic as the new order of the ages -- The secon...
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Minneapolis, Minn.
Fortress Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Jewett, Robert, Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal] (2009) (VEVERKA, FAYETTE BREAUX)
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| Summary: | Shaping zealous trajectories -- Colonial beginnings : the millennial city set upon a hill -- God's new Israel : the theocratic experiment and its deflation -- The great awakening and the prelude to the American Revolution -- The post-millennial republic as the new order of the ages -- The second great awakening, manifest destiny, reform, and the pre-millennial reaction -- Millennial crises and the rise of fundamentalism -- The civil war as a religious conflict between zeal and realism -- Reconstruction, racial conflict, and urban revivalism -- Colonialism and the gilded age in mainline religion -- New diversity : emerging fundamentalism and the world's parliament of religion -- Progressivism, millennial crusades and the crisis of fundamentalism -- Acculturation and the decline of mainline churches -- The menace of triumphant civil religion -- The great depression, religious displacement, and the Second World War -- Cold War religion : the celebration of "one nation under God" -- The Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam controversy, and the conservative backlash -- The political distortion of religion : triumphant fundamentalism, impeachment, and the war against terrorism Observing that Abraham Lincoln once described the United States as an 'almost chosen nation,' Robert Jewett offers a critical survey of the history of America's self-understanding as a nation enjoying both divine blessing and a God-given vocation as a 'city on a hill'.From beginnings at Jamestown, Jewett shows, the American mythology of divine mission has decisively shaped both domestic and foreign policies of the developing nation, and remains one of the most important forces affecting the United States' role in the world today. Chapters include: Colonial Beginnings: The City Set Upon a Hill; The Second Great Awakening, Manifest Destiny, Reform and Reaction; From the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War; The Political Distortion of Religion: Triumphant Fundamentalism, Impeachment, the War Against Terrorism; and more. |
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| Item Description: | Shaping zealous trajectories -- Colonial beginnings : the millennial city set upon a hill -- God's new Israel : the theocratic experiment and its deflation -- The Great Awakening : prelude to the American Revolution -- The post-millennial republic: the "new order of the ages" -- The second Great Awakening : new denominations, reforms, and the pre-millennial reaction -- Millennial crises and the rise of fundamentalism -- The Civil War : a conflict over the Bible and millennial mission -- Reconstruction and racial violence : religion in cultural captivity -- The gilded age and millennial destiny : war, colonialism, and the social Gospel -- New diversity : emerging fundamentalism and the world's parliament of religion -- Three millennial crusades : disappointment, the Red Scare, and the crisis of fundamentalism -- Culture over Christ : acculturation and the decline of mainline churches -- The menace of triumphant civil religion -- Depression and World War : the rise of religious replacement and escapism -- Cold War religion : the celebration of one nation under God -- Zealous nationalism overwhelms prophetic realism : civil rights, Vietnam, and the conservative backlash -- The political distortion of religion : impeachment and the war against terrorism. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-357) and index. - Formerly CIP |
| ISBN: | 0800662849 |