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- catalog abstract ""What does the concept of freedom mean in American culture? Where did the characteristic understandings and practices associated with liberty originate, and why? In Paradox Lost Jon Pahl shows how religious ideas about free will directly influenced how Americans thought about liberty." "From the antinomian controversy of the 1630s to Jonathan Edwards's classic Freedom of the Will in 1754, leading religious thinkers of colonial America developed ideologies of free will that avoided the extremes of fate ("tyranny") and blind chance ("anarchy"). Transforming these ideologies into political terms, Calvinist and Anglican writers cultivated public theologies that contained the central paradox of free will guided by providence. An ironic, and tragic result of this "moderate" position was that suspected extremists--including Quakers, Native Americans, and African Americans--were subjected to ridicule, repression, and even violence." "Pahl combines the rigor of close reading with a lively sensitivity to the social contexts and significance of language in the creation of American culture, including the ways in which it has been used to legitimize violence. Paradox Lost represents a new and provocative understanding of early American intellectual life which will be of interest to anyone with a concern for the meaning of "freedom" in American culture today."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b3470046.
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 17th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description ""What does the concept of freedom mean in American culture? Where did the characteristic understandings and practices associated with liberty originate, and why? In Paradox Lost Jon Pahl shows how religious ideas about free will directly influenced how Americans thought about liberty." "From the antinomian controversy of the 1630s to Jonathan Edwards's classic Freedom of the Will in 1754, leading religious thinkers of colonial America developed ideologies of free will that avoided the extremes of fate ("tyranny") and blind chance ("anarchy"). Transforming these ideologies into political terms, Calvinist and Anglican writers cultivated public theologies that contained the central paradox of free will guided by providence. An ironic, and tragic result of this "moderate" position was that suspected extremists--including Quakers, Native Americans, and African Americans--were subjected to ridicule, repression, and even violence." "Pahl combines the rigor of close reading with a lively sensitivity to the social contexts and significance of language in the creation of American culture, including the ways in which it has been used to legitimize violence. Paradox Lost represents a new and provocative understanding of early American intellectual life which will be of interest to anyone with a concern for the meaning of "freedom" in American culture today."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 234 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Paradox lost.".
- catalog identifier "0801843340 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Paradox lost.".
- catalog isPartOf "New studies in American intellectual and cultural history".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Paradox lost.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 17th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.2 20".
- catalog subject "Calvinism United States History.".
- catalog subject "E162 .P135 1992".
- catalog subject "Free will and determinism History.".
- catalog subject "Liberty Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog subject "Political culture United States History.".
- catalog title "Paradox lost : free will and political liberty in American culture, 1630-1760 / Jon Pahl.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".