Papist patriots the making of an American Catholic identity
This volume considers how and why colonial Catholics embraced the individualistic, rights-oriented ideology of the American Revolution, in spite of the fact that the Revolution's rhetoric was riddled with anti-Catholicism, and even though Catholicism has had an uneasy relationship with Enlighte...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, 2012
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This volume considers how and why colonial Catholics embraced the individualistic, rights-oriented ideology of the American Revolution, in spite of the fact that the Revolution's rhetoric was riddled with anti-Catholicism, and even though Catholicism has had an uneasy relationship with Enlightenment liberalism until very recently |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 305 p. ill |
ISBN: | 9780199932504 0199932506 |