The Origins of American Religious Nationalism

by Sam Haselby

Book Overview

Sam Haselby offers a new and persuasive account of the role of religion in the formation of American nationality, showing how a contest within Protestantism reshaped American political culture and led to the creation of an enduring religious nationalism.

Following U.S. independence, the new republic faced vital challenges, including a vast and unique continental colonization project undertaken without, in the centuries-old European senses of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190630086
• ISBN13: 9780190630089
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"