God on Three Sides: German Pietists at War in Eighteenth-Century America

Author: Wilson, Jonathan M

Brand: Wipf & Stock Publishers

Number Of Pages: 324

EAN: 9781532663192

Release Date: 30-09-2019

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.

Details: Do people who follow the same religion the same way also make the same political choices? Even if that might not be always true, is it true enough that it should be treated as an axiom in America's popular culture? God on Three Sides explores two communities where ethnic Germans in early America followed the same religion in the same way but, within each community, held very different views regarding the political issues of the eighteenth century. The political issues in focus are what surfaced in the crises of the wars against the French, the engagement with indigenous peoples, and the American Revolution.