| Description |
1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Contents |
1. "The Great Part of It Was Stolen": Jonathan Mayhew's Doctrine of Political Resistance -- 2. "Never to Be Forgotten": Governor Andros, the Glorious Revolution, and Resistance to the Stamp Act -- 3. "No Bishop, No Tyrant!": The Debate over American Bishops and the Threat to Religious Liberty -- 4. "An Established Law of Our Nature": Self-Defense and Resistance Doctrine -- 5. "One of the Best Causes of the World": The British Clergy's Support of American Resistance -- 6. "As Different . . . as Light Is from Darkness": John Witherspoon's Support of Independence -- 7. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"This work explores the patriot clergymen's arguments for the legitimacy of political resistance to the British in the early stages of the American Revolution. It reconstructs the historical and theological background of the colonial clergymen, showing the continued impact that Stuart absolutism and Reformed resistance theory had on their political theology. As a corrective to previous scholarship, this work argues that the American clergymen's rationale for political resistance in the eighteenth century developed in general continuity with a broad strand of Protestant thought in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The arguments of Jonathan Mayhew and John Witherspoon are highlighted, along with a wide range of Whig clergyman on both sides of the Atlantic. The agreement that many British clergymen had with their colonial counterparts challenges the view that the American Revolution emerged from distinctly American modes of thought"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on April 22, 2022) |
| Subject |
Government, Resistance to -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History
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Government, Resistance to
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Government, Resistance to -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Church history -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93009175
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020006188
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Church history
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021003890 |
| ISBN |
9780197565384 |
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0197565387 |
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0197565360 |
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9780197565377 |
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0197565379 |
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9780197565360 |
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