An Age of Infidels: The Politics of Religious Controversy in the Early United States

by Eric R. Schlereth

Book Overview

Historian Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflict at the center of early American political culture. He shows ordinary Americans--both faithful believers and Christianity's staunchest critics--struggling with questions about the meaning of tolerance and the limits of religious freedom. In doing so, he casts new light on the ways Americans reconciled their varied religious beliefs with political change at a formative moment in the nation's cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224159
• ISBN13: 9780812224153
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"