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" John Calvin's American legacy / "
edited by Thomas J. Davis.
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BL
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962191
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b716561
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John Calvin's American legacy /\ edited by Thomas J. Davis.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010.
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xii, 291 pages ;; 25 cm
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0195390970
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: 0195390989
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: 9780195390971
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: 9780195390988
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Calvin and the social order in early America : moral ideals and transatlantic empire / Mark Valeri -- Calvinism and American national identity / David Little -- Implausible : Calvinism and American politics / D.G. Hart -- Practical ecclesiology in John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards / Amy Plantinga Pauw -- "Falling away from the general faith of the Reformation"? : the contest over Calvinism in nineteenth-century America / Douglas A. Sweeney -- Calvin and Calvinism within Congregational and Unitarian discourse in nineteenth-century America / David D. Hall -- Whose Calvin, which Calvinism? : John Calvin and the development of twentieth-century American theology / Stephen D. Crocco -- "Strange providence" : indigenist Calvinism in the writings of Mohegan minister Samson Occom (1723-1792) / Denise T. Askin -- Geneva's crystalline clarity : Harriet Beecher Stowe and Max Weber on Calvinism and the American character / Peter J. Thuesen -- "Jonathan Edwards, Calvin, Baxter & Co." : Mark Twain and the comedy of Calvinism / Joe B. Fulton -- Cold comforts : John Updike, Protestant thought, and the semantics of paradox / Kyle A. Pasewark -- Conclusion John Calvin at "home" in American culture / Thomas J. Davis.
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| Abstract
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This title explores the ways Calvin and the Calvinist tradition have influenced American life. In addition, each section moves chronologically, ranging from colonial times to the 21st century.
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Calvin, Jean.
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Calvinism-- United States-- History.
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Calvinism.
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Calvinismus
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Calvinismus.
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Calvinistische Theologie
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Civilization.
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Kultur.
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Politischer Protestantismus
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Politischer Protestantismus.
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Rezeption.
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United States, Civilization.
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United States.
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USA
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USA.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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284/.273
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BX9422.5.J64 2010
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| Added Entry
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Davis, Thomas J., (Thomas Jeffery),1958-
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