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Author:   Thomas Davis (Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Thomas H, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Thomas H, Indiana University-Purdue University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.431kg
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9780195390988

ISBN 10:   0195390989
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   08 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction, by Thomas J. Davis Section I John Calvin, Calvinism, and American Society Chapter 1 Calvin and the Social Order in Early America: Moral Ideals and Transatlantic Empire, by Mark Valeri Chapter 2 Calvinism and American National Identity, by David Little Chapter 3 Implausible: Calvinism and American Politics, by D. G. Hart Section II John Calvin, Calvinism, and American Theology Chapter 4 Practical Ecclesiology in John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards, by Amy Plantinga Pauw Chapter 5 ""Falling Away from the General Faith of the Reformation""? The Contest over Calvinism in Nineteenth-Century America, by Douglas A. Sweeney Chapter 6 Calvin and Calvinism within Congregational and Unitarian Discourse in Nineteenth-Century America, by David D. Hall Chapter 7 Whose Calvin, Which Calvinism? John Calvin and the Development of Twentieth-Century American Theology, by Stephen D. Crocco Section III John Calvin, Calvinism, and American Letters Chapter 8 ""Strange Providence"": Indigenist Calvinism in the Writings of Mohegan Minister Samson Occom (1723-1792), by Denise T. Askin Chapter 9 Geneva's Crystalline Clarity: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Max Weber on Calvinism and the American Character, by Peter J. Thuesen Chapter 10 ""Jonathan Edwards, Calvin, Baxter & Co."": Mark Twain and the Comedy of Calvinism, by Joe B. Fulton Chapter 11 Cold Comforts: John Updike, Protestant Thought and the Semantics of Paradox, by Kyle A. Pasewark Conclusion John Calvin at ""Home"" in American Culture"

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The authors of these provocative and insightful essays are prone neither to grandiose claims nor to cavalier dismissals. Instead, they skillfully explore ambiguities. Ranging in their scope from politics and economics to religious practice, ethics, and fiction, they reveal the persisting relevance of a sixteenth-century Genevan theologian for anyone who hopes to understand American culture. They also prove that reading about Calvin can be genuinely entertaining. E. Brooks Holifield, author of God's Ambassadors: A History of the Christian Clergy in America

The authors of these provocative and insightful essays are prone neither to grandiose claims nor to cavalier dismissals. Instead, they skillfully explore ambiguities. Ranging in their scope from politics and economics to religious practice, ethics, and fiction, they reveal the persisting relevance of a sixteenth-century Genevan theologian for anyone who hopes to understand American culture. They also prove that reading about Calvin can be genuinely entertaining. --E. Brooks Holifield, author of God's Ambassadors: A History of the Christian Clergy in America

<br> The authors of these provocative and insightful essays are prone neither to grandiose claims nor to cavalier dismissals. Instead, they skillfully explore ambiguities. Ranging in their scope from politics and economics to religious practice, ethics, and fiction, they reveal the persisting relevance of a sixteenth-century Genevan theologian for anyone who hopes to understand American culture. They also prove that reading about Calvin can be genuinely entertaining. <br>--E. Brooks Holifield, author of God's Ambassadors: A History of the Christian Clergy in America<br>

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Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, and Thomas H. Lake Scholar in Religion and Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University

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