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Religion in Nineteenth Century America
By Wacker, Grant
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-19511-021-0
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 4, 2000
Gr 8-Up Interested students will find this authoritative, comprehensive, and well-balanced account a useful introduction to an important period of American history. During the 19th century, campaigns for the abolition of slavery, temperance, and a heavenly kingdom on earth all swept across the country, drawing many people away from their traditional spiritual homes. Wacker starts with the "Founders," who established the pattern of religious tolerance, and continues chronologically, covering the "Insiders," who brought evangelicalism to America; the "V...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
