Benjamin Franklin and the Zealous Presbyterians

Name: Benjamin Franklin and the Zealous Presbyterians
Price: 59.25 USD
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ISBN: 9780271011769

ISBN-10: 0271011769

ISBN-13: 9780271011769

Edition: 1975

Authors: Melvin H. Buxbaum

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Two sides of Franklin are presented in this book: on one hand, the promoter conveying positive images of himself and his nation as models of toleration; on the other, the polemicist inveighing against alleged offenses of the colonial American Calvinist Establishments (he called them all Presbyterian). Franklin, the Enlightenment Deist, is shown in his pre-1776 years as consistently mistrustful of Presbyterian zeal, and deeply involved in the overt religious-political hostility among Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Quakers. After a prologue describing the religious crosscurrents during Franklin's lifetime, the opening chapter contrasts the bland persona of the Autobiography with the…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1975
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 6/10/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English