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BT846.3 .S65 2011eb
BT846
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3
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S65
2011eb
کتابخانه
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0199830703 (electronic bk.)
9780199830701 (electronic bk.)
0199738955
9780199738953
b533916
Heaven in the American imagination /
[Book]
Gary Scott Smith
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011
1 online resource (xii, 339 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The Puritans: celebrating the glory of heaven -- Jonathan Edwards and the first great awakening: heaven is a world of love -- The early national era and the second great awakening -- Heaven as home: the Victorians and heaven, 1830-1870 -- Slavery, the Civil War, and heaven -- Heaven in the gilded age: Dwight Moody and the princes of the pulpit -- Heaven in the progressive years: personal growth, service, and reform -- Shifting conceptions of heaven from the roaring twenties to the fabulous fifties -- New currents and old streams, 1960-2000 -- Heaven in a postmodern, anxiety-ridden, entertainment-oriented, therapeutic, happiness-based culture -- Conclusion
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Gary Scott Smith poses two major questions: How have Americans viewed heaven? And how have they believed people get there? He argues that Americans in all periods have agreed about some aspects of heavenly life, but that the predominant conception of heaven has varied from era to era
Heaven in the American imagination.
9780199738953
Future life-- Christianity.
Future life.
Heaven-- Christianity.
Heaven.
United States, Religion.
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BT846
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3
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S65
2011eb
Smith, Gary Scott,1950-
Ohio Library and Information Network.
20120419094952.0
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