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In the Hands of a Good Providence : Religion in the Life of George Washington by Mary V. Thompson (2008, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Virginia Press
ISBN-100813927633
ISBN-139780813927633
eBay Product ID (ePID)66994959

Product Key Features

Number of Pages264 Pages
Publication NameIn the Hands of a Good Providence : Religion in the Life of George Washington
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Presidents & Heads of State, Christianity / Anglican, Customs & Traditions, Historical, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMary V. Thompson
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-011310
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsThis useful monograph raises important questions and should prompt scholars to reexamine the role of religion in Washington's personal life and public career., This is likely the best book that will ever be written on Washington and religion, and it may be as close as we will come to an understanding of Washington's Christianity.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal973.4/3092
SynopsisAttempts by evangelical Christians to claim Washington and other founders as their own, and scholars' ongoing attempts to contradict these claims, are nothing new. Particularly after Washington was no longer around to refute them, legends of his Baptist baptism or secret conversion to Catholicism began to proliferate. Mount Vernon researcher Mary Thompson endeavors to get beyond the current preoccupation with whether Washington and other founders were or were not evangelical Christians to ask what place religion had in their lives. Thompson follows Washington and his family over several generations, situating her inquiry in the context of new work on the place of religion in colonial and postrevolutionary Virginia and the Chesapeake. Thompson considers Washington's active participation as a vestryman and church warden as well as a generous donor to his parish prior to the Revolution, and how his attendance declined after the war. He would attend special ceremonies, and stood as godparent to the children of family and friends, but he stopped taking communion and resigned his church office. Something had changed, but was it Washington, the church, or both? Thompson concludes that he was a devout Anglican, of a Latitudinarian bent, rather than either an evangelical Christian or a Deist. The meaning of this description, Thompson allows, when applied to eighteenth-century Virginia gentlemen, is far from self-evident, leaving ample room for speculation., Follows Washington and his family over generations, situating the author's inquiry in the context of new work on the place of religion in colonial and postrevolutionary Virginia and the Chesapeake. This title considers Washington's active participation as a vestryman and church warden and a generous donor to his parish prior to the Revolution.
LC Classification NumberE312.17.T466 2008
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