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Image of America; our literature from Puritanism to the space age.
[Notre Dame, Ind.] University of Notre Dame Press, 1962Table of Contents: “…The Puritan age: the word of God as the law of man -- The Neo-classic age: human reason and natural order -- The Romantic movement: individualism in feeling and imagination -- The Rise of realism: the texture of ordinary living -- The Realistic movement and new directions: disillusionment and the search for values.…”
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How old is old enough? : the ages of rights and responsibilities
New York : Brunner/Mazel, 1989Table of Contents: “…Historical perspective on age as a marker -- Ages of reason and accountability -- In the name of the law -- Property rights of children -- Consent, assent, and dissent: children in treatment and research -- Moral imperative: social and personal rights of children -- Special interest of legal responsibility: the child as a witness in court.…”
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The popular book; a history of America's literary taste.
New York, Oxford University Press, 1950Table of Contents: “…The practice of piety -- 2. The age of reason -- 3. Common sense -- 4. The power of sympathy -- 5. …”
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Backgrounds of American literary thought
New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts 1952Table of Contents: “…Idealism and opportunity -- Puritanism : Theology and religion ; The Reformation -- Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin ; The Reformation in England and Scotland ; Puritan versus Dissenter ; Puritan rule in New England ; After the theocracy -- Enlightenment in the colonies : The Age of Reason ; The Enlightenment in America ; Science in the colonies ; Political currents ; Progress -- the American dream -- Political patterns in the early republic : The rule of property ; Three key figures -- Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau ; The genesis of the Constitution ; The Federalist thesis -- Hamilton ; The agrarian antithesis -- Jefferson ; The equalitarian synthesis -- Jackson -- Unitarianism and Transcendentalism : Unitarianism -- rationality in religion ; Transcendentalism -- Theory and practice ; Transcendentalism and the people -- Expansionism : Behind the Appalachians ; The outward pressure ; Land grants and speculators ; The frontier -- democracy in action -- The triumph of industry : Farm or factory? …”
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Religious origins of the American Revolution
Missoula, Mont. : Published by Scholars Press for American Academy of Religion, 1976Table of Contents: “…. -- The key of liberty. -- Sect. 16. Age of reason. -- Sect. 17. 1796 sermon.…”
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The development of academic freedom in the United States,
New York, Columbia University Press, 1955Table of Contents: “…The age of the college / Richard Hofstadter : The European heritage : Corporate power in the middle ages ; Personal freedom in the middle ages ; Faith, reason, and communication ; The new learning and the new science ; The idea of toleration -- Harvard college from Dunster to Leverett : The colony and the college ; The Dunster case ; The decline of the holy commonwealth ; The emergence of Harvard liberalism -- The colonial colleges : The American pattern: denominational sponsorship ; The American pattern: lay government ; The beginnings of lay government ; The archetypes of lay government ; Support and control -- Religion, reason, and revolution : Sectarianism and restraint ; Sectarianism at yale ; Unitarianism at Harvard ; The secularization of learning ; Politics and revolution -- The old-time college, 1800-1860 : The great retrogression ; The old college system ; Presbyterians and partisans ; Slavery and abolition ; The idea of academic freedom -- The age of the university / Walter P. …”
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Unruly Catholic women writers : creative responses to Catholicism
Albany, New York : Excelsoir Editions/State University of New York Press, 2013Table of Contents: “…The first joyful mystery / Susanne Dutton -- Praying twice / Liz Dolan -- My soul sisters, or, How the nuns of my childhood inspired a feisty feminist / Renée Bondy -- Jerusalem Road / Mary Rice -- Where I first met God / Lacey Louwagie -- Age of reason / Suzanne Camino -- Uniforms optional / Leah Cano -- Sunday morning in a foreign country / Lauren K. …”
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Theology in America : the major Protestant voices from puritanism to neo-orthodoxy
Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1967Table of Contents: “…The activity of faith, or, Abraham's imitators (1651) -- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) : apostle to the Age of Reason. The circle of Edwards' thought : excerpts from his published and unpublished writings (ca. 1720-1757) -- William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) : Unitarian patriarch. …”
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The politically incorrect guide to English and American literature
Washington, DC : Lanham, MD : Regnery Pub. ; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, 2006Table of Contents: “…The Handmaid's Tale -- The dreary world of The Handmaid's Tale -- The fecundity of medieval art -- A pre-classical aesthetic -- In the light of eternity -- Christianity and freedom -- Separation of church and state, medieval style -- The argument from authority -- The invention of chivalry -- The Renaissance: Christian Humanism -- Christopher Marlowe -- William Shakespeare -- The tragedies -- The comedies -- The sonnets -- The Seventeenth Century: Religion as a Matter of Life and Death -- John Donne -- John Milton -- Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Age of Reason -- John Dryden -- Alexander Pope -- Jonathan Swift -- Samuel Johnson -- "The proper study of mankind is man"-or is it? …”
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Men of our time : an anthology of male poetry in contemporary America
Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1992Table of Contents: “…V.H / Jerome Rothenberg. from The Age of Reason / Richard Flynn. For Nicholas / Fred Moramarco. …”
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