Religious and Secular Reform in America: Ideas, Beliefs, and Social Change
From its earliest days, the United States has provided fertile ground for reform movements to flourish. In this volume, twelve eminent historians assess religious and secular reform in America from the eighteenth century to the present day.
The essays offer a mix of general overviews and specific case studies, addressing such topics as radical religion in New England, leisure in antebellum America, Sabbatarianism, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and Evangelicalism, social reform, and the U.S. welfare state.
Suitable for students, the essays, each based on original research, will also be of interest to researchers and academics working in this area, as well as to all those with an interest in the history of religious and secular reform in America.

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Religious and Secular Reform in America: Ideas, Beliefs, and Social Change
From its earliest days, the United States has provided fertile ground for reform movements to flourish. In this volume, twelve eminent historians assess religious and secular reform in America from the eighteenth century to the present day.
The essays offer a mix of general overviews and specific case studies, addressing such topics as radical religion in New England, leisure in antebellum America, Sabbatarianism, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and Evangelicalism, social reform, and the U.S. welfare state.
Suitable for students, the essays, each based on original research, will also be of interest to researchers and academics working in this area, as well as to all those with an interest in the history of religious and secular reform in America.

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Religious and Secular Reform in America: Ideas, Beliefs, and Social Change

Religious and Secular Reform in America: Ideas, Beliefs, and Social Change

Religious and Secular Reform in America: Ideas, Beliefs, and Social Change

Religious and Secular Reform in America: Ideas, Beliefs, and Social Change

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From its earliest days, the United States has provided fertile ground for reform movements to flourish. In this volume, twelve eminent historians assess religious and secular reform in America from the eighteenth century to the present day.
The essays offer a mix of general overviews and specific case studies, addressing such topics as radical religion in New England, leisure in antebellum America, Sabbatarianism, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and Evangelicalism, social reform, and the U.S. welfare state.
Suitable for students, the essays, each based on original research, will also be of interest to researchers and academics working in this area, as well as to all those with an interest in the history of religious and secular reform in America.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780814706862
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 06/01/1999
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

David K. Adams is Professor of American Studies and Director of the David Bruce Centre at Keele Universityin England.

Cornelius A. Van Minnen is Executive Director of the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg, The Netherlands.

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"[Adams and van Minnen] deserve commendation for the unfailing clarity of conception and expression in the volume's essays."

-Religious Studies Review,

"Religious and Secular Reform in America should be of interest to anyone seeking a fresh perspective on American history."

-Journal of the Academy for Evangelism,

"Historians looking for fresh insights into the reform tradition in America should enjoy Religious and Secular Reform in America"

-The Journal of the Early Republic

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