The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 páginas This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... lord " in a people " incessantly vigilant and watchful " can make a state free . A masterful conflation of divine sanctions and secular rights , Scriptural Instructions to Civil Rulers extols " the common cause , the public good , and ...
... lord " in a people " incessantly vigilant and watchful " can make a state free . A masterful conflation of divine sanctions and secular rights , Scriptural Instructions to Civil Rulers extols " the common cause , the public good , and ...
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... Lord is there is liberty . ' " Mayhew's successor in the West Church of Boston , Simeon Howard , is one of many ministers to devote entire sermons to the idea that " loss of liberty is soon followed by the loss of all virtue and ...
... Lord is there is liberty . ' " Mayhew's successor in the West Church of Boston , Simeon Howard , is one of many ministers to devote entire sermons to the idea that " loss of liberty is soon followed by the loss of all virtue and ...
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... lord of the Universe , " he writes to William Short in 1820. " We have given them stated and privileged days to collect and catechise us , opportunities of delivering their oracles to the people in mass , and of moulding their minds as ...
... lord of the Universe , " he writes to William Short in 1820. " We have given them stated and privileged days to collect and catechise us , opportunities of delivering their oracles to the people in mass , and of moulding their minds as ...
Contenido
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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