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A Divinity for All Persuasions

Almanacs and Early American Religious Life [Paperback]

by T.j. Tomlin (assistant Professor Of History, Assistant Professor Of History, University Of Northern Colorado)

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      T.j. Tomlin (assistant Professor Of History, Assistant Professor Of History, University Of Northern Colorado)

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      May 2017

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      A Divinity for All Persuasions uncovers the religious signifiance of early America's most ubiquitous popular genre. Other than a Bible and perhaps a few schoolbooks and sermons, almanacs were the only printed items most Americans owned before 1820. Purchased annually, the almanac was a calendar and astrologically-based medical handbook surrounded by poetry, essays, anecdotes, and a variety of practical information. Employing a wealth of archival material, T.J. Tomlin analyzes the pan-Protestant sensibility distributed through the almanac's pages between 1730 and 1820. By disseminating a collection of Protestant concepts regarding God's existence, divine revelation, the human condition, and the afterlife, almanacs played an unparalleled role in early American religious life. Influenced by readers' opinions and printers' pragmatism, the religious content of everyday print supports an innovative interpretation of early American cultural and religious history. In sharp contrast to a historiography centered on intra-Protestant competition, Tomlin shows that most early Americans relied on a handful of Protestant "essentials" rather than denominational specifics to define and organize their religious lives.

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      • Author

        T.j. Tomlin (assistant Professor Of History, Assistant Professor Of History, University Of Northern Colorado)

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        May 2017

      • Weight

        341g

      • Page Count

        240

      • Dimensions

        155 x 232 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9780190669584

      • ISBN-10

        0190669586

      • Eden Code

        4492921

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      • Author/Creator: T.j. Tomlin (assistant Professor Of History, Assistant Professor Of History, University Of Northern Colorado)

      • ISBN: 9780190669584

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: May 2017

      • Weight: 341g

      • Dimensions: 155 x 232 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 4492921


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