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In the Hands of a Good Providence : signed by Mary V. Thompson (08, Hardcover)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Level
- Advanced
- Features
- Signed, Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780813927633
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10
0813927633
ISBN-13
9780813927633
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66994959
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Publication Name
In the Hands of a Good Providence : Religion in the Life of George Washington
Language
English
Subject
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Presidents & Heads of State, Christianity / Anglican, Customs & Traditions, Historical, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-011310
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
This useful monograph raises important questions and should prompt scholars to reexamine the role of religion in Washington's personal life and public career., This is likely the best book that will ever be written on Washington and religion, and it may be as close as we will come to an understanding of Washington's Christianity.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
973.4/3092
Synopsis
Attempts by evangelical Christians to claim Washington and other founders as their own, and scholars' ongoing attempts to contradict these claims, are nothing new. Particularly after Washington was no longer around to refute them, legends of his Baptist baptism or secret conversion to Catholicism began to proliferate. Mount Vernon researcher Mary Thompson endeavors to get beyond the current preoccupation with whether Washington and other founders were or were not evangelical Christians to ask what place religion had in their lives. Thompson follows Washington and his family over several generations, situating her inquiry in the context of new work on the place of religion in colonial and postrevolutionary Virginia and the Chesapeake. Thompson considers Washington's active participation as a vestryman and church warden as well as a generous donor to his parish prior to the Revolution, and how his attendance declined after the war. He would attend special ceremonies, and stood as godparent to the children of family and friends, but he stopped taking communion and resigned his church office. Something had changed, but was it Washington, the church, or both? Thompson concludes that he was a devout Anglican, of a Latitudinarian bent, rather than either an evangelical Christian or a Deist. The meaning of this description, Thompson allows, when applied to eighteenth-century Virginia gentlemen, is far from self-evident, leaving ample room for speculation., Follows Washington and his family over generations, situating the author's inquiry in the context of new work on the place of religion in colonial and postrevolutionary Virginia and the Chesapeake. This title considers Washington's active participation as a vestryman and church warden and a generous donor to his parish prior to the Revolution.
LC Classification Number
E312.17.T466 2008
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