Maura Jane Farrelly: 3 books
Papist Patriots
The Making of an American Catholic Identity
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
"The persons in America who were the most opposed to Great Britain had also, in general, distinguished themselves by being particularly hostile to Catholics." So wrote the minister, teacher, and sometime-historian Jonathan Boucher from his home in Surrey, England, in 1797. He blamed "old...
by Maura Jane Farrelly
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Using fears of Catholicism as a mechanism through which to explore the contours of Anglo-American understandings of freedom, Anti-Catholicism in America, 1620–1860 reveals the ironic role that anti-Catholicism played in defining and sustaining some of the core values of American identity, values...
Resistance to Tyrants, Obedience to God
Reason, Religion, and Republicanism at the American Founding
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
This volume, with contributions from scholars in political science, literature, and philosophy, examines the mutual influence of reason and religion at the time of the American Founding—especially in the writings and speeches of critical figures in that period, such as Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin,...