The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 страница 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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... union in this world and , for that purpose , toward the need for conviction and action by a united people . Some Thoughts Concerning the Revival calls for " an agreement of all God's people in America ... to keep a day of fasting and ...
... union in this world and , for that purpose , toward the need for conviction and action by a united people . Some Thoughts Concerning the Revival calls for " an agreement of all God's people in America ... to keep a day of fasting and ...
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... union . The literary work that comes closest to expressing these tensions and frustrations is Ezra Stiles's A Discourse on the Christian Union ( 1760 ) . There may be no more prescient document of colonial confederation . Notwithstand ...
... union . The literary work that comes closest to expressing these tensions and frustrations is Ezra Stiles's A Discourse on the Christian Union ( 1760 ) . There may be no more prescient document of colonial confederation . Notwithstand ...
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... union on the very face of the document . The signers of the Constitution appear neither in alphabetical order , nor by presumed importance or seniority , nor in haphazard fashion . They are grouped , instead , by state with the states ...
... union on the very face of the document . The signers of the Constitution appear neither in alphabetical order , nor by presumed importance or seniority , nor in haphazard fashion . They are grouped , instead , by state with the states ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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