Prodigal nation: moral decline and divine punishment from new England to 9/11
Murphy, Andrew R
America's supposed moral decline from an imagined golden age, and the threat of divine punishment for the sin of straying from the path of righteousness, have been consistent themes in its political and religious rhetoric. In Prodigal Nation, Andrew Murphy investigates the jeremiad's historical roots and probes the ways in which it continues to illuminate themes and tensions in Americansocial and political life. INDICE: Chapter 1: The American Jeremiad; Part I: Three American Jeremiads; Chapter 2: Puritan New England and the Foundations of the American Jeremiad; Chapter 3: Decline, Slavery, and War: The Jeremiad in Antebellum and CivilWar America; Chapter 4: Taking America Back: The Christian Right Jeremiad; Part II: The Jeremiad in American Culture; Chapter 5: Competing Jeremiads; Chapter 6: Constructing a Usable Past; Chapter 7: The Jeremiad and the Culture Wars; Chapter 8: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Jeremiad
- ISBN: 978-0-19-977527-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés