Belief and Disbelief in American LiteratureTom Paine and republican religion -- Landscape as religion: Irving, Bryant, Cooper -- Transcendentalism and Emerson -- The cosmic optimism of Walt Whitman -- The pessimism of Mark Twain -- The cosmic loneliness of Robert Frost. |
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... Protestantism , but the influence of these upon the United States has been in an order historically reversed , the Protestants coming first , the Catholics second , and the Jews 1 Tom Paine and Republican Religion.
... Protestantism , but the influence of these upon the United States has been in an order historically reversed , the Protestants coming first , the Catholics second , and the Jews 1 Tom Paine and Republican Religion.
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... Protestantism is the essential American way or that the American way developed out of Protestantism . In the Yearbook of American Churches for 1965 one finds 253 separate religious bodies reporting to this annual compilation . Church ...
... Protestantism is the essential American way or that the American way developed out of Protestantism . In the Yearbook of American Churches for 1965 one finds 253 separate religious bodies reporting to this annual compilation . Church ...
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... Protestantism , cannot avoid being attracted to dramatic event and picturesque personality . The clash of theological systems , conflicts among church leaders , clerical scandals , the struggles between liberals and conserva- tives ...
... Protestantism , cannot avoid being attracted to dramatic event and picturesque personality . The clash of theological systems , conflicts among church leaders , clerical scandals , the struggles between liberals and conserva- tives ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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