02759nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10492353 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100126s2010 nmu sb 001 0deng d 2010001795 9780826346797 (cloth : alk. paper) 0826346790 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780826346810 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)759158379 n-us--- BL2525 .S7525 2010eb 202/.3 22 Stewart, Carole Lynn. Strange Jeremiahs [electronic resource] : civil religion and the literary imaginations of Jonathan Edwards, Herman Melville, and W.E.B. Du Bois / Carole Lynn Stewart. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010. xiv, 375 p. Religions of the Americas series Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index. The beginning of the American Revolution in the conversion of Northampton. The travail of the Puritan covenant -- Original sin: human limitations and the openness of community -- God is no respecter of persons: the ordinary, lowly, and infantile nature of the revival -- The "strange revolution" and the aesthetics of grace -- The second great awakening, the national period, and Melville's American destiny. Pierre; or, The Ambiguities and the formation of the American dilemma -- A revolutionary marriage deferred -- The mystery of Melville's darkwoman -- From "self" to "soul": W.E.B. Du Bois's critical understanding of the ideals of liberal democracy in the new world. Strange Jeremiah: civil religion and the public intellectual -- Strivings and original sin: the unlovely, plural American soul -- The talented tenth and colonizing heroes -- Du Bois's aesthetic of beauty in the new world -- The irony of the American self. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 Criticism and interpretation. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Criticism and interpretation. Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 Criticism and interpretation. Civil religion United States History. United States History. United States Politics and government. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Religions of the Americas series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10492353 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 125890 125890