[مقالة]
| عنوان : |
"Religion Governed by Terror": A Deist Critique of Fearful Christianity in the Early American Republic |
| نوع الوثيقة : |
نص مطبوع |
| مؤلفين : |
Fischer, Kirsten, مؤلف |
| تاريخ النشر : |
2010 |
| مقالة في الصفحة: |
P13-P26 |
| اللغة : |
إنكليزي (eng) |
| الكلمة المفتاح : |
Elihu Palmer , deism evangelical Protestantism Enlightenment, Calvinism , early Republic, biblical criticism Thomas Paine Principles of Nature, religious fear |
| خلاصة : |
This essay explores how Elihu Palmer, a prominent advocate for deism in the early American Republic, sought to debunk Christianity by depicting it as a terrifying, even terrorizing faith. An analysis of Palmer's critique reveals a fundamental incomprehension of the positive role of fear in evangelical piety. In the context of a Calvinist faith, fear was appropriate because it offered a useful counterweight to sinful pride and might encourage the humility required to experience a saving grace. For Palmer's opponents, the deist disavowal of fear smacked of dangerous hubris. This essay demonstrates that vastly different assessments of the value and function of religiously-inspired fear shaped the disagreements over religion in the early United States. |
in Revue française d'étude américaines > 125 (Trimestrielle) . - P13-P26
[مقالة] "Religion Governed by Terror": A Deist Critique of Fearful Christianity in the Early American Republic [نص مطبوع ] / Fischer, Kirsten, مؤلف . - 2010 . - P13-P26. اللغة : إنكليزي ( eng) in Revue française d'étude américaines > 125 (Trimestrielle) . - P13-P26
| الكلمة المفتاح : |
Elihu Palmer , deism evangelical Protestantism Enlightenment, Calvinism , early Republic, biblical criticism Thomas Paine Principles of Nature, religious fear |
| خلاصة : |
This essay explores how Elihu Palmer, a prominent advocate for deism in the early American Republic, sought to debunk Christianity by depicting it as a terrifying, even terrorizing faith. An analysis of Palmer's critique reveals a fundamental incomprehension of the positive role of fear in evangelical piety. In the context of a Calvinist faith, fear was appropriate because it offered a useful counterweight to sinful pride and might encourage the humility required to experience a saving grace. For Palmer's opponents, the deist disavowal of fear smacked of dangerous hubris. This essay demonstrates that vastly different assessments of the value and function of religiously-inspired fear shaped the disagreements over religion in the early United States. |
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Affiner la recherche"Religion Governed by Terror": A Deist Critique of Fearful Christianity in the Early American Republic / Fischer, Kirsten in Revue française d'étude américaines, 125 (Trimestrielle)
