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Illusions of Innocence: Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630-1875

hardcover – January 1, 1988
by Allen, Leonard
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ISBN-13: 9780226359175 ISBN-10: 0226359174
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Binding
hardcover
Published
January 1, 1988
Weight
1.4 lbs
Dimensions
24.10×2.50×16.50 cm

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Illusions of Innocence: Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630-1875 by Allen, Leonard. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780226359175.

Implicit in the rhetoric of American millennialism is the fundamental theme of recovery or restoration. Hughes and Allen show how the restoration perspective has worked in two important ways in American life: enshrining "first times" as a kind of transcendent norm that stands in judgment on the ambiguities of the present; and fully identifying a denomination or even the nation itself with the purity of "first times." Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.