The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 sivua This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... mission of the primitive church moti- vates and justifies radical communal action . Never mind that the abstract projections of reason rob formal religion of its essential mysteries and of its retrogressive impulses toward purification ...
... mission of the primitive church moti- vates and justifies radical communal action . Never mind that the abstract projections of reason rob formal religion of its essential mysteries and of its retrogressive impulses toward purification ...
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... mission to rescue history from its European failures . As he summarizes the thought , in a journal entry from December 30th : [ Americans ] think that the Liberties of Mankind and the Glory of human Nature is in their Keeping . They ...
... mission to rescue history from its European failures . As he summarizes the thought , in a journal entry from December 30th : [ Americans ] think that the Liberties of Mankind and the Glory of human Nature is in their Keeping . They ...
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... mission , and the Farmer underlines the charge with his last words . Although not his own , this final passage proves all the more effective for kindling emphatic recognitions in his immediate audience , " My Dear COUNTRYMEN ...
... mission , and the Farmer underlines the charge with his last words . Although not his own , this final passage proves all the more effective for kindling emphatic recognitions in his immediate audience , " My Dear COUNTRYMEN ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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