Skepticism and American Faith, from the Revolution to the Civil War by Grasso, Christopher -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication page Contents Note on Sources Halftitle page Introduction

The Personal and the Political Hiding Doubt and Silencing Skepticism Framing the Discussion Debate, Dialogue, and American History

Part One Revolutions, 1775–1815

1. Deist Hero, Deist Monster: On Religious Common Sense in the Wake of the American Revolution

Damnnation Murray and the Religious History of the American Revolution Deist Hero: Ethan Allen Deist Monster: William Beadle American Religious Common Sense in the New Republic

2. Souls Rising: The Authority of the Inner Witness, and Its Limits

Soul Exercises and Religious Community Religious Imposture and Skeptical Infidelity

3. Instituting Skepticism: The Emergence of Organized Deism

Deism as Skepticism and Faith Emergence: Deism and Universalism

4. Instituting Skepticism: Contention, Endurance, and Invisibility

Contention: Deism and the Freemasons Endurance: Deism and the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Church On the Invisibility of Black Skepticism

Part Two Enlightenments, 1790–1840

5. Skeptical Enlightenment: An American Education in Jeffersonian Pennsylvania

Free Discussion and the Public Arena Diffusing Enlightenment Soul, Self, and Citizen The Night of Superstition

6. Christian Enlightenment: Eastern Cities and the Great West

Skeptical Maniacs, Moral Agents, Evangelical Print, and the Christian Party in Politics The Cause and Cure of Infidelity

7. Christian Enlightenment: Faith into Practice in Marion, Missouri

The Marion Dream Moral Economies

8. Revelation and Reason: New Englanders in the Early Nineteenth Century

Doubting Scripture Transcending Scripture

Part Three Reforms, 1820–1850

9. Faith in Reform: Remaking Society, Body, and Soul

Frances Wright, Infidel Politics, and the Working Class Health Reform and the Three Confessions of William Alcott Ernestine Rose and the Religious Roots of Patriarchy

10. Infidels, Protestants, and Catholics: Religion and Reform in Boston

Doubt and Calvinist Orthodoxy Universalism and Free Inquiry Protestant Liberalism, Catholicism, and Spiritualism

11. Converting Skeptics: Infidel and Protestant Economies

Infidel and Protestant Economies The Prosperous Professional The Urban Artisan On Factory Workers and Plantation Slaves

Part Four Sacred Causes, 1830–1865

12. Political Hermeneutics: Nullifying the Bible and Consolidating Proslavery Christianity

Religion and Politics Presbyterians and the Southern Cross

13. Lived Experience and the Sacred Cause: Faith, Skepticism, and Civil War

Sanctifying Union Freed from the Bonds of Superstition The Creative Ambiguity of Civil Religion

Epilogue: Death and Politics

Death Politics

Appendix Grounds of Faith and Modes of Skepticism

Grounds of Faith Modes of Skepticism

Acknowledgments Notes

Introduction Part One Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Part Two Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Part Three Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Part Four Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Epilogue Appendix

References Index

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