Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America
Michael Breidenbach traces American secularism to an unexpected source: not Enlightenment liberalism but Catholic tradition. Suspected of dual loyalty, colonial American Catholics drew on the medieval doctrine of conciliarism to declare independence from the pope. Conciliarism inspired their push fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
Harvard University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Breidenbach, Michael D., 1986-, Our dear-bought liberty] (2022) (Haefeli, Evan, 1969 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Catholicism
/ Religious tolerance
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Secularism
History 18th century (United States)
B Catholic Church History 18th century (United States) B Religious Tolerance History 18th century (United States) B Conciliar theory B Carroll, John (1735-1815) B Electronic books B Religious Tolerance Catholic Church History 18th century |
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| Summary: | Michael Breidenbach traces American secularism to an unexpected source: not Enlightenment liberalism but Catholic tradition. Suspected of dual loyalty, colonial American Catholics drew on the medieval doctrine of conciliarism to declare independence from the pope. Conciliarism inspired their push for toleration, shaping the nation at large. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Note on the Text -- Introduction: Dual Allegiances -- I. Subjects -- 1. Papist Royalists -- 2. Damnable Doctrines -- 3. The Calvert Code -- II. Revolutionaries -- 4. Locke's Intolerables -- 5. No Papists -- 6. Sovereign Jealousies -- III. Citizens -- 7. Constitutional Liberties -- 8. Republican Catholics -- Conclusion: An American Creed -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (369 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0674258789 |