Heaven in the American imagination
The Puritans: celebrating the glory of heaven -- Jonathan Edwards and the first great awakening: heaven is a world of love -- The early national era and the second great awakening -- Heaven as home: the Victorians and heaven, 1830-1870 -- Slavery, the Civil War, and heaven -- Heaven in the gilded ag...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
c 2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Religion
/ Belief in the hereafter
/ Belief in immortality
/ Heaven
/ Imagery
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| Further subjects: | B
Heaven
B United States Religion B Heaven Christianity B Future life B Future life Christianity B Future Life B Heaven Christianity B United States Religion B Future Life Christianity |
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| Summary: | The Puritans: celebrating the glory of heaven -- Jonathan Edwards and the first great awakening: heaven is a world of love -- The early national era and the second great awakening -- Heaven as home: the Victorians and heaven, 1830-1870 -- Slavery, the Civil War, and heaven -- Heaven in the gilded age: Dwight Moody and the princes of the pulpit -- Heaven in the progressive years: personal growth, service, and reform -- Shifting conceptions of heaven from the roaring twenties to the fabulous fifties -- New currents and old streams, 1960-2000 -- Heaven in a postmodern, anxiety-ridden, entertainment-oriented, therapeutic, happiness-based culture |
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| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - The Puritans: celebrating the glory of heaven -- Jonathan Edwards and the first great awakening: heaven is a world of love -- The early national era and the second great awakening -- Heaven as home: the Victorians and heaven, 1830-1870 -- Slavery, the Civil War, and heaven -- Heaven in the gilded age: Dwight Moody and the princes of the pulpit -- Heaven in the progressive years: personal growth, service, and reform -- Shifting conceptions of heaven from the roaring twenties to the fabulous fifties -- New currents and old streams, 1960-2000 -- Heaven in a postmodern, anxiety-ridden, entertainment-oriented, therapeutic, happiness-based culture |
| ISBN: | 0199738955 |