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ILLUSIONS of INNOCENCE - Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630-1875
ILLUSIONS of INNOCENCE Protestant Primitivism in America 16301875 Author:Richard T. Hughes, C. Leonard Allen A history that helps us understand who we are and what we should become. Demonstrates that primitivism is central to American religion. Primitivism is the dream of restoring religion to a purer order, as found in former times. — Book Review — Allen and Hughes are picking up a story as important as that of fundamentalism, Mormonism, or millennialis... more »m and presenting it to full view for the first time. Their book will set the terms for future inquiry on this subject: American primitivism, the dream of restoration of a purer order. -- Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago« less