End of the Semester, end of the blog, and Hamilton
As every semester does, this one has come to an end. Students are writing their take home exams, professors are... Continue reading →
Historical Analogies
Today I was very pleased to read Lin Fisher’s great article over at Vox about the perils of historical analogies.... Continue reading →
American Religious Revival Movements around 1790 and the New Republic
By Nicole Bloch For this project, I wanted to focus on the impact religious revival movements and speakers would have... Continue reading →
Benedict Arnold and His Country
By Adam Sanchez Benedict Arnold. If you know anything about him, his very name brings a slight cringe to your... Continue reading →
Corrupt, State, Episcopate, Church, and Power
This study is based on early American newspapers from between 1764 and 1789 found in the Readex “America’s Historical Newspapers”... Continue reading →
Deism
By Jaime Diez In my research I looked at early American newspapers to uncover public sentiment of deism and deistic... Continue reading →
Early American Religion and Port Cities
After looking at the American colonies and the different regions, backgrounds, and cultures of each and as a whole, one... Continue reading →
Early American Religion’s Effect on Native Americans
In the early American colonies, religion was a tool that settlers used to promote a lifestyle that was the opposite... Continue reading →
May 1775: Religion becomes politics
At moments of crisis, we turn to our faith; at least, that’s what lots of people assumed when church... Continue reading →
No Bishop, No King
By Maggie Molleston Catholicism in Colonial America was not only looked down upon, especially during the year prior to the... Continue reading →
Poetry, Religion, and the American Revolution
Literature in America has been through a lot of changes, especially if we look at the literature from the 17th... Continue reading →
Quebec Act
By John Wiener In 1774, Parliament passed the Quebec Act, which established a permanent government to replace the temporary one... Continue reading →
Religion in Revolutionary Era News
By Brandy D. Spencer The parameters of this project were quite broad, that is, looking at “religion” in the available... Continue reading →
Religious Leaders and the American Revolution
Religion wasn’t the main cause of the American Revolution— in fact, some would say religion wasn’t a factor at all.... Continue reading →
Slavery in the North and South during the Revolution
By Olivia McGeehan Prior to conducting extensive research on religion and the time period before and during the American Revolution,... Continue reading →
The Spread of the Faith
I began my research by looking into the spread of sermons in the Northeastern colonies. I wanted to see how... Continue reading →
War and Religion
War and religion go hand in hand. From the Crusades to the Thirty Years War, history is filled with... Continue reading →
Who is a Slave?
By Maury Saitow Slavery in the period of the American Revolution is commonly thought of as the enslavement of the... Continue reading →
Conference to Classroom
We’ve had a bit of a hiatus on blog posts, as well a bit of a break in the class... Continue reading →
Outlining Religion and the American Revolution
Since I started working on the subject of religion and the American Revolution, the central question has been: “what does that... Continue reading →