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Children of Wrath : New School Calvinism and Antebellum Reform /

In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth century, Leo Hirrel demonstrates the importance of religious ideas by exploring the relationship between religion and reform efforts during a crucial period in American history. The result is a work that moves the history of antebellum reform t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hirrel, Leo P., 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One: Religion
  • 1. The Challenge to Orthodoxy
  • 2. Theology at New Haven
  • 3. Theology at Princeton and Oberlin
  • 4. The Antebellum Congregational and Presbyterian Communities
  • 5. The Role of Religion in the Republic
  • Part Two: Reform
  • 6. The Catholic Church and the Whore of Babylon
  • 7. The Temperance Crusade
  • 8. Chattel Slavery
  • 9. Benevolence, the Social Order, and the Kingdom of God
  • 10. The Closing Years of Antebellum Reform
  • In Retrospect
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.