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Illusions of
Innocence: Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630-1875 Our Price: $14.99 |
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This book focuses "on the question of the organization of churches and their relation to society in the thought and deeds of John Cotton, Roger Williams, James R. Graves, Joseph Smith, James S. Lamar, Alexander Campbell, Benjamin Palmer, and others. A concluding chapter and epilogue detail instances from the Mexican War, through the Creel Committee, . . . when Americans have invoked primitivist ideals to support injustice or intolerance." (Rev Am Hist.) Bibliography. Index. Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of restoration to a primitive, primeval innocence. Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen argue that from colonial times to the nineteenth century and even, in some cases, through the twentieth century, Americans have wanted to recover those 'first times' that stand behind our historical past. |
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