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Mount Vernon researcher Mary Thompson endeavors to get beyond the current preoccupation with whether Washington and other founders were or were not evangelical Christians to ask what place religion had in their lives. Thompson follows Washington and his family over several generations, situating her...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Mary V., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008.
Temas:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Religion.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Political and social views.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Family.
Washington family.
Washington family
Washington, George, > 1732-1799
Washington, George.
1700-1799
1700 - 1799
Anglicans > Virginia > Biography.
Christianity and politics > United States > Church of England > History > 18th century.
Anglicans > Virginie > Biographies.
Christianisme et politique > États-Unis > Church of England > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Christianity and politics > Church of England
Anglicans
Families
Political and social views
Religion
Religiosität
Christentum
Virginia > Religious life and customs.
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) > Religious life and customs.
Virginie > Vie religieuse.
Chesapeake, Région de la baie de (Mar. et Virg.) > Vie religieuse.
United States
United States > Chesapeake Bay Region
Virginia
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Mount Vernon researcher Mary Thompson endeavors to get beyond the current preoccupation with whether Washington and other founders were or were not evangelical Christians to ask what place religion had in their lives. Thompson follows Washington and his family over several generations, situating her inquiry in the context of new work on the place of religion in colonial and postrevolutionary Virginia and the Chesapeake. --from publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 251 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.
ISBN:9780813930329
0813930324

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