Eric R. Schlereth, An Age of Infidels: The Politics of Religious Controversy in the Early United States.
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29 août 2022
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Hans Krabbendam, « Eric R. Schlereth, An Age of Infidels: The Politics of Religious Controversy in the Early United States. », European journal of American studies, ID : 10.4000/ejas.10331
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This book could be summarized in two words “ideas matter,” or by quoting the concluding sentence: “The story of religious controversy in the early republic thus describes the origins of cultural politics in the United States” (241). Eric R. Schlereth, assistant professor of history at the University of Texas in Dallas, focuses his attention on the public debate about the (in)desirability of letting religious authority function in the shaping of a political culture which took place in lectures...