moral decline and divine punishment from New England to 9/11 /
Andrew R. Murphy
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009
x, 232 p. ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-222) and index
The American jeremiad -- Puritan New England and the foundations of the American jeremiad -- Decline, slavery, and war : the jeremiad in antebellum and Civil War America -- Taking America back : the Christian right jeremiad -- Competing jeremiads -- Constructing a usable past -- The jeremiad and the culture wars -- The past, present, and future of the American jeremiad
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Christianity and politics-- United States-- History