Piety in Providence
| Author | : Mark Saunders Schantz |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801429528 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801429521 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (521 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Piety in Providence by : Mark Saunders Schantz
Download or read book Piety in Providence written by Mark Saunders Schantz and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to bourgeois churchgoers, who were wedded to decorum and rationality, the plebeians welcomed emotional outbursts and evinced an abiding belief in the supernatural. Schantz charts the ways in which these contrasting religious subcultures collided in the political turmoil of the Dorr Rebellion of 1842."--BOOK JACKET.