New england women writers, secularity, and the federalist politics of church and state
Auteur :
Murphy, Gretchen
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198864950
Date de publication :
10 févr. 2021
Dimensions :
22,2 x 14,5 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
430 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Scholars have long known that early American women wrote pious, sentimental stories. This book uses biographical and archival sources to understand how their religious concerns fed into debates about democracy and belief in a republic, and offers a new account of their political participation and the process of religious disestablishment.