"In the Hands of a Good Providence" : Religion in the Life of George Washington /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Mary V., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Washington, George.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799
Washington family
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Religion.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Political and social views.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Family.
Washington family.
Christentum
Religiosität
Religion
Political and social views
Families
Anglicans
Christianity and politics > Church of England.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Christianisme et politique > États-Unis > Church of England > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Anglicans > Virginie > Biographies.
Christianity and politics > United States > Church of England > History > 18th century.
Anglicans > Virginia > Biography.
Virginia
United States > Chesapeake Bay Region
United States
Chesapeake, Region de la baie de (Mar. et Virg.) > Vie religieuse.
Virginie > Vie religieuse.
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) > Religious life and customs.
Virginia > Religious life and customs.
History
Biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813930329

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