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Author:

Jortner, Adam Joseph, author.

Title:

Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic / Adam Jortner.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Miracles--History--United States--History--19th century.
Supernatural--History--United States--History--19th century.
Religion and politics--United States--History--19th century.
Political culture--United States--History--19th century.
Crises--History--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1801-1815.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
United States--Religion--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-242) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: History, reality, and miracles -- Part I. The supernatural world -- The language of the supernatural -- The practice of the supernatural -- The politics of the supernatural -- Part II. The sectarian impulse -- Shakers -- Native American prophets -- Latter-day Saints -- The sects that weren't -- Conclusion: Liberty and theology.

Summary:

"This book examines the appearance of miracles and the supernatural in Jeffersonian America, and explains the way in which these religious claims to supernatural powers represented a political crisis in the new republic"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Jeffersonian America

ISBN:

0813939585
9780813939582

OCLC:

(OCoLC)965140699

LCCN:

2016024826

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)