Under the Cope of Heaven Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America

Name: Under the Cope of Heaven Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America
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ISBN: 9780195162189

ISBN-10: 0195162188

ISBN-13: 9780195162189

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Patricia U. Bonomi

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In this pathbreaking study, Patricia Bonomi argues that religion was as instrumental as either politics or the economy in shaping early American life and values. Looking at the middle and southern colonies as well as at Puritan New England, Bonomi finds an abundance of religious vitality through the colonial years among clergy and churchgoers of diverse religious background. The book also explores the tightening relationship between religion and politics and illuminates the vital role religion played in the American Revolution. A perennial backlist title first published in 1986, this updated edition includes a new preface on research in the field on African Americans, Indians, women, the…

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List price: $47.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/10/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.51" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Patricia U. Bonomi is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is the author of Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America and The Lord Cornbury Scandal: The Politics of Reputation in British America .




The Religious Prospect



The New Heavens and the New Earth



The Clergyman



The Churchgoers



"The Hosannas of the Multitude": The Great Awakening in America



The Political Awakening



Religion and the American Revolution



The Formation of American Religious Culture


Notes


Index