Redeemer Nation: The Idea of America's Millennial RoleUniversity of Chicago Press, 1980 M02 15 - 238 páginas Ernest Tuveson here shows that the idea of the redemptive mission which has motivated so much of the United States foreign policy is as old as the Republic itself. He traces the development of this element of the American heritage from its beginning as a literal interpretation of biblical prophecies. Pointing to the application of the millenarian ideal to successive stages of American history, notably apocalyptic events like the Civil War, Tuveson illustrates its pervasive cultural influences with examples from the writings of Jonathan Edwards, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Timothy Dwight, and Julia Ward Howe, among others. |
Contenido
I Apocalyptic and History | 1 |
II The Rationale of the Millennium | 26 |
III The Politics of Providence and the Holy Utopia | 52 |
IV When Did Destiny Become Manifest? | 91 |
V Chosen Race Chosen People | 137 |
VI The Ennobling War | 187 |
A Connecticut Yankee in the Mystical Babylon | 215 |
Bibliographical Note | 232 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Redeemer Nation: The Idea of America's Millennial Role, Volumen2 Ernest Lee Tuveson Vista de fragmentos - 1968 |
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