Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic /
Adam Jortner.
Bok Engelsk 2017 Adam Joseph Jortner
| Omfang | xiii, 247 pages : : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: History, reality, and miracles -- Part I. The supernatural world -- The language of the supernatural -- The practice of the supernatural -- The politics of the supernatural -- Part II. The sectarian impulse -- Shakers -- Native American prophets -- Latter-Day Saints -- The sects that weren't -- Conclusion: Liberty and theology.. - "This book examines the appearance of miracles and the supernatural in Jeffersonian America, and explains the way in which these religious claims to supernatural powers represented a political crisis in the new republic"--Provided by publisher.
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| ISBN | 9780813939582
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