The divided heart : essays on Protestantism and the Enlightenment in America / Henry F. May.

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May, Henry F. (Henry Farnham), 1915-2012

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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.Description: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0195058992
9780195058994
1423735552
9781423735557
160129736X
9781601297365
1280524022
9781280524028
0195363175
9780195363173

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Divided heart.DDC classification:

291/.0973 20

LOC classification:

BL2525 .M38 1991eb

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Contents:

Religion and American intellectual history, 1945-1985 : reflections on an uneasy relationship -- The rough road to Virgin land -- The prophet and the establishment -- Harriet Beecher Stowe's Oldtown folks : an introduction -- Jonathan Edwards and America -- The Constitution and the enlightened consensus -- The Jeffersonian moment -- After the Enlightenment : a prospectus.

Summary: Bringing together essays by a leading intellectual and religious historian, The Divided Heart is a collection of recent reflections, sometimes with a considerable autobiographical element, by Henry F. May on the conflict between Protestantism and the Enlightenment that runs throughout the history of American culture. Summarizing May's opinions on recent historiographical arguments, the introduction to The Divided Heart tells of his own development as a historian, major influences upon his thinking, and how his practicing assumptions grew. Covering religion, there are essays on early American h.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.

Bringing together essays by a leading intellectual and religious historian, The Divided Heart is a collection of recent reflections, sometimes with a considerable autobiographical element, by Henry F. May on the conflict between Protestantism and the Enlightenment that runs throughout the history of American culture. Summarizing May's opinions on recent historiographical arguments, the introduction to The Divided Heart tells of his own development as a historian, major influences upon his thinking, and how his practicing assumptions grew. Covering religion, there are essays on early American h.