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Subject(s)

• Church and state—United States—History [Browse]
• Christianity and politics—United States—History [Browse]
• Nationalism—United States—History [Browse]
• Nationalism—Religious aspects—Christianity—History [Browse]
• National characteristics—Religious aspects—Christianity—History [Browse]
• National characteristics, American—History [Browse]

Series

• Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Religion in America

Summary note

In the half century following independence, a fight within Protestantism, a contest over the colonization of the frontier, reshaped American nationalism in ways that transformed American political culture. Fear of the dynamism and authority of popular, frontier religious movements led elite Northeastern Protestants to found the first missionary organizations in American history. Using technological innovations, the missionary organizations functioned as novel nationbuilding organizations.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

ISBN

• 0-19-026650-3
• 0-19-063008-6
• 0-19-939138-6
• 0-19-932958-3

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