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Earnestly Contending

Religious Freedom and Pluralism in Antebellum America [Hardback]

by Dickson D Bruce

    • Author

      Dickson D Bruce

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      University of Virginia Press

    • Published

      February 2013

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      Product Description

      In "Earnestly Contending, " Dickson Bruce examines the ways in which religious denominations and movements in antebellum America coped with the ideals of freedom and pluralism that exerted such a strong influence on the larger, national culture. Despite their enormous normative power, these still-evolving ideals--themselves partly religious in origin--ran up against deeply entrenched concerns about the integrity of religious faith and commitment and the role of religion in society. The resulting tensions between these ideals and desires for religious consensus and coherence would remain unresolved throughout the period.Focusing on that era's interdenominational competition, Bruce explores the possibilities for and barriers to realizing ideals of freedom and pluralism in antebellum America. He examines the nature of religion from the perspectives of anthropology and cognitive sciences, as well as history, and uses this interdisciplinary approach to organize and understand specific tendencies in the antebellum period while revealing properties inherent in religion as a social and cultural phenomenon. He goes on to show how issues from that era have continued to play a role in American religious thinking, and how they might shed light on the controversies of our own time.

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      • Author

        Dickson D Bruce

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        University of Virginia Press

      • Published

        February 2013

      • Weight

        477g

      • Page Count

        224

      • Dimensions

        150 x 229 x 26 mm

      • ISBN

        9780813933634

      • ISBN-10

        0813933633

      • Eden Code

        4070439

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      • Author/Creator: Dickson D Bruce

      • ISBN: 9780813933634

      • Publisher: University of Virginia Press

      • Release Date: February 2013

      • Weight: 477g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 229 x 26 mm

      • Eden Code: 4070439

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