The origins of American religious nationalism /

Haselby, Sam,

The origins of American religious nationalism / Sam Haselby. - x, 336 pages ; 25 cm. - Religion in America. . - Religion in America. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The powers of the earth : secularism and American nationalism -- "The songs of a nation" : the Connecticut wits and the new English empire -- To raise a holy people, wear no slouched hat : the Methodist settlement of the frontier -- Sovereignty and salvation on the frontier of the early republic -- "The love of order and righteous laws" : early national liberals and the missions movement -- "A complete chain of communication" : religious literature and Protestant nation-building -- A monster and the wandering savage : the resolution of frontier revivalism and national evangelism.

9780199329571 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2014017353


Church and state--History.--United States
Christianity and politics--History.--United States
Nationalism--History.--United States
Nationalism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
National characteristics--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
National characteristics, American--History.

BR515 / .H377 2015

277.3081