Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xii, 254 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "[Book title] looks to colonial history, in particular, seventeenth-century New England, to understand the sources of modern nation building. [author] analyzes how cultural assumptions of collective identity and social authority emerged out of the religious beliefs of the first generation of settlers in New England. He goes on to examine how these assumptions crystallized three generations later into patterns of normative order, forming the foundation of an American consciousness."--Book jacket.

Subject

1. 1600-1775
2. Civil society > New England > History > 17th century
3. Group identity > New England > History > 17th century
4. Individualism > New England > History > 17th century
5. Puritans > New England > History > 17th century
6. Church and social problems > New England > History > 17th century
7. Christian sociology > New England > History > 17th century
8. Christian sociology
9. Church and social problems
10. Civil society
11. Group identity
12. Individualism
13. Puritans
14. Social conditions
15. Gruppenidentität
16. Soziales System
17. Puritanismus
18. Natievorming
19. Nationaal bewustzijn
20. Burgermaatschappij
21. Puriteinen
22. New England > Social conditions
23. New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
24. New England
25. Neuengland

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Charisma, the Church, and the Reformation -- The origins of settlement -- Protest and collective boundaries -- The emergent tensions of institutionalization -- The Half Way Covenant and the Jeremiad sermon -- The institutionalization of charisma in society -- Conclusion.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.