Identifying the Image of God: Radical Christians and Nonviolent Power in the Antebellum United States

Between 1820 and 1860, American social reformers invited all people to identify God's image in the victims of war, slavery, and addiction. Identifying the Image of God traces the theme of identification--and its liberal Christian roots--through the literature of social reform, focusing on senti...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
McKanan, Dan
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2002
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Between 1820 and 1860, American social reformers invited all people to identify God's image in the victims of war, slavery, and addiction. Identifying the Image of God traces the theme of identification--and its liberal Christian roots--through the literature of social reform, focusing on sentimental novels, temperance tales, and slave narratives, and invites contemporary activists to revive the "politics of identification."
Umfang:
1 online resource (304 p.)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index.
ISBN:
1-280-53184-3
9786610531844
0-19-518509-9
0-19-803322-2
0-19-028699-7
9780198033226
0198033222
Schlagworte:
Christian sociology > United States > History > 19th century.
Liberalism (Religion) > United States > History > 19th century.
Image of God > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
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