Justifying revolution : the American clergy's argument for political resistance, 1750-1776 / Gary L. Steward.
Author/creator |
Steward, Gary L. |
Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2021] |
Description | 221 pages ; 25 cm |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Religion |
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Abstract | "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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2021003889 |
ISBN | 9780197565353 (hardback) |
ISBN | (epub) |
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