John Witherspoon's American Revolution /
Mailer, Gideon,
John Witherspoon's American Revolution / Gideon Mailer. - 1 online resource (viii, 425 pages) : illustrations
"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Enlightenment and religion between Scotland and America -- "A road to distinction very different from that of his more successful companions": Augustinian piety in Witherspoon's Scotland -- "Of local and temporary reformation, local and occasional depravation": Kirk divisions and American prospects at midcentury -- "The bulwark of the religion and liberty of America": Presbyterian revivalism and American higher education before Witherspoon -- "All the conclusions drawn from these principles must be vague": American moral philosophy after Witherspoon -- "When their fathers have fallen asleep": domestic culture, public virtue, and the power of language -- "Every one of them full of the old Cameronian resisting sentiments": piety, Anglo-Scottish union, and American independence -- "How far the magistrate ought to interfere in matters of religion": public faith and the ambiguity of political representation after 1776 -- "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man": John Witherspoon, James Madison, and the American Zion": Presbyterian moral philosophy and educational conflict during the nineteenth century.
9781469628202 (electronic bk.) 1469628201 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt1bnk37m JSTOR
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
United States. Declaration of Independence --Signers--Biography.
United States. Continental Congress --History.
Princeton University--History--18th century.
États-Unis. Declaration of Independence --Signataires--Biographies.
Princeton University.
United States. Continental Congress.
Declaration of Independence (United States)
1700-1799
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States--Biography.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Church and state--History.--United States
Hommes d'État--États-Unis--Biographies.
Église et État--Histoire.--États-Unis
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Church and state.
Politics and government.
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Statesmen.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
États-Unis--Histoire--1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1775-1783.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
E302.6.W7 / M35 2017
973.3029 B
John Witherspoon's American Revolution / Gideon Mailer. - 1 online resource (viii, 425 pages) : illustrations
"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Enlightenment and religion between Scotland and America -- "A road to distinction very different from that of his more successful companions": Augustinian piety in Witherspoon's Scotland -- "Of local and temporary reformation, local and occasional depravation": Kirk divisions and American prospects at midcentury -- "The bulwark of the religion and liberty of America": Presbyterian revivalism and American higher education before Witherspoon -- "All the conclusions drawn from these principles must be vague": American moral philosophy after Witherspoon -- "When their fathers have fallen asleep": domestic culture, public virtue, and the power of language -- "Every one of them full of the old Cameronian resisting sentiments": piety, Anglo-Scottish union, and American independence -- "How far the magistrate ought to interfere in matters of religion": public faith and the ambiguity of political representation after 1776 -- "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man": John Witherspoon, James Madison, and the American Zion": Presbyterian moral philosophy and educational conflict during the nineteenth century.
9781469628202 (electronic bk.) 1469628201 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt1bnk37m JSTOR
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
United States. Declaration of Independence --Signers--Biography.
United States. Continental Congress --History.
Princeton University--History--18th century.
États-Unis. Declaration of Independence --Signataires--Biographies.
Princeton University.
United States. Continental Congress.
Declaration of Independence (United States)
1700-1799
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States--Biography.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Church and state--History.--United States
Hommes d'État--États-Unis--Biographies.
Église et État--Histoire.--États-Unis
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Church and state.
Politics and government.
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Statesmen.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
États-Unis--Histoire--1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1775-1783.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
E302.6.W7 / M35 2017
973.3029 B