Historian Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflict at the center of early American political culture. He shows ordinary Americans both faithful believers and Christianity's staunchest critics struggling with questions about the meaning of tolerance and the limits of religious freedom. In doing so, he casts new light on the ways Americans reconciled their varied religious beliefs with political change at a formative moment in the nation's cultural life.
After the American Revolution, citizens of the new nation felt no guarantee that they would avoid the mire of religious and political...
Historian Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflict at the center of early American political culture. He shows ordinary Americans both faithful ...
Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty.
Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the ...
