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Author:
Joselit, Jenna Weissman, author.
Title:
Set in stone : America's embrace of the Ten Commandments / Jenna Weissman Joselit.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
vii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Ten commandments--Miscellanea.
United States--Church history.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Species humbug -- The ultimate to-do list -- Good neighbors -- Special effects -- Take two -- Pedigree.
Summary:
Through a series of deftly-rendered vignettes, prominent historian Jenna Weissman Joselit offers a compelling and fresh-eyed perspective on the Ten Commandments, situating them within the context of modern America. Rich in incident and in colorful personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries, her account shows that the Ten Commandments are not cast in stone but a fertile repository of American history.
ISBN:
0190253193
9780190253196
OCLC:
(OCoLC)973879961
LCCN:
2016045078
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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