Institutional Individualism: Conversion, Exile, and Nostalgia in Puritan New England

by Michael Kaufmann

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Traditional approaches to American history and letters see colonial religious institutions as a coercive force that produced an illusion of freedom aimed at achieving political dominance more than religious truth. Challenging these approaches, Michael Kaufman argues that modern notions of freedom arise out of an individual's affiliation with-rather than domination by-religious institutions. He posits a new way of seeing the paradoxical relationship...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0819563501

ISBN13:9780819563507

Release Date:February 1999

Publisher:Wesleyan

Length:167 Pages

Weight:0.56 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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