Author: James P. Byrd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190697563
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The American colonists who took up arms against the British fought in defense of the ''sacred cause of liberty.'' But it was not merely their cause but warfare itself that they believed was sacred. In Sacred Scripture, Sacred War, James P. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution.
Sacred Scripture, Sacred War
Author: James P. Byrd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190697563
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The American colonists who took up arms against the British fought in defense of the ''sacred cause of liberty.'' But it was not merely their cause but warfare itself that they believed was sacred. In Sacred Scripture, Sacred War, James P. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190697563
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The American colonists who took up arms against the British fought in defense of the ''sacred cause of liberty.'' But it was not merely their cause but warfare itself that they believed was sacred. In Sacred Scripture, Sacred War, James P. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution.
Damned Women
Author: Elizabeth Reis
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501713337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in those intersections the basis for understanding why women were accused of witchcraft more often than men, why they confessed more often, and why they frequently accused other women of being witches. In negotiating their beliefs about the devil's powers, both women and men embedded womanhood in the discourse of depravity.Puritan ministers insisted that women and men were equal in the sight of God, with both sexes equally capable of cleaving to Christ or to the devil. Nevertheless, Reis explains, womanhood and evil were inextricably linked in the minds and hearts of seventeenth-century New England Puritans. Women and men feared hell equally but Puritan culture encouraged women to believe it was their vile natures that would take them there rather than the particular sins they might have committed.Following the Salem witchcraft trials, Reis argues, Puritans' understanding of sin and the devil changed. Ministers and laity conceived of a Satan who tempted sinners and presided physically over hell, rather than one who possessed souls in the living world. Women and men became increasingly confident of their redemption, although women more than men continued to imagine themselves as essentially corrupt, even after the Great Awakening.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501713337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in those intersections the basis for understanding why women were accused of witchcraft more often than men, why they confessed more often, and why they frequently accused other women of being witches. In negotiating their beliefs about the devil's powers, both women and men embedded womanhood in the discourse of depravity.Puritan ministers insisted that women and men were equal in the sight of God, with both sexes equally capable of cleaving to Christ or to the devil. Nevertheless, Reis explains, womanhood and evil were inextricably linked in the minds and hearts of seventeenth-century New England Puritans. Women and men feared hell equally but Puritan culture encouraged women to believe it was their vile natures that would take them there rather than the particular sins they might have committed.Following the Salem witchcraft trials, Reis argues, Puritans' understanding of sin and the devil changed. Ministers and laity conceived of a Satan who tempted sinners and presided physically over hell, rather than one who possessed souls in the living world. Women and men became increasingly confident of their redemption, although women more than men continued to imagine themselves as essentially corrupt, even after the Great Awakening.
The History of Printing in America
Author: Isaiah Thomas
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
The American Quarterly Register
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Includes section with title: Journal of the American Education Society, which was also issued separately.
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Includes section with title: Journal of the American Education Society, which was also issued separately.
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
Author: American Antiquarian Society
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The Colonial Scene, 1602-1800
Author: John Carter Brown Library
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The Quarterly Register
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Archaeologia Americana
Author: American Antiquarian Society
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
A Brief Notice of the Library of the American Antiquarian Society, from the Report of the Council, Presented April 30, 1872
Author: Nathaniel Paine
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Education Society
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Includes section with title: Journal of the American Education Society, which was also issued separately.
Publisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Includes section with title: Journal of the American Education Society, which was also issued separately.