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Number of Pages192 Pages
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Publication NameReligious Liberties : Anti-Catholicism and Liberal Democracy in Nineteenth-Century U. S. Literature and Culture
Publication Year2011
SubjectSubjects & Themes / Religion, Discrimination & Race Relations, American / General, Subjects & Themes / Politics
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science
AuthorElizabeth Fenton
SeriesImagining the Americas Ser.
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Reviews"The author's thesis is that anti-Catholicism was one, if not the, defining factor in the development of American national identity from the Revolution to at least the end of the 19th century. She cites numerous authors of fiction and politics to illustrate her thesis, and she concludes that anti-Catholicism eventually revealed the limits and innate contradictions of American liberal democracy... [T]his book provides ample justification for her thesis and is a pleasure to read." --The Heythrop Review "Religious Liberties is an imaginative investigation of anti-Catholicism's centrality to American political culture. The reading of literary texts is especially illuminating, as is Fenton's sweep across the entire nineteenth century." --John T. McGreevy, University of Notre Dame "In her study of how anti-Catholic rhetoric helped shape U.S. liberal democracy in its early years, Fenton explores the manifold paradoxes inherent in Protestant denunciations of the 'tyrannical' Catholic even as the emerging republic viewed itself as capable of absorbing all differences into an ideal of national unity. Clearly argued and engagingly written, Fenton's study provides a much-needed resource on this surprisingly neglected area so important to the formation of American culture." --Mary R. Reichardt, University of St. Thomas "Religious Liberties is beautifully conceived and tightly wrought. In three shrewdly organized sections, Fenton establishes the centrality of anti-Catholicism to liberalism as a political practice, and traces the historical arc of their interwoven careers from the American Revolution to just before the Spanish-American War. This book will open up important new areas of scholarly conversation across a number of fields." --Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University "Through this illuminating study of nineteenth-century anti-Catholicism, Fenton thus ironically establishes the centrality of Catholicism to the development of key ideas about religion and freedom that form the patchwork of the nation."--American Catholic Studies "Fenton has offered a much-needed study of anti-Catholicism in particular and the limits of representative democracy in general. Religious tolerance is central to America's national identity, but, as Fenton has shown, such a commitment has required intolerance. This bespeaks a sobering but important question. Can humans create truly tolerant societies?"--The Catholic Historical Review, "The author's thesis is that anti-Catholicism was one, if not the, defining factor in the development of American national identity from the Revolution to at least the end of the 19th century. She cites numerous authors of fiction and politics to illustrate her thesis, and she concludes that anti-Catholicism eventually revealed the limits and innate contradictions of American liberal democracy... [T]his book provides ample justification for her thesis and is apleasure to read." --The Heythrop Review"Religious Liberties is an imaginative investigation of anti-Catholicism's centrality to American political culture. The reading of literary texts is especially illuminating, as is Fenton's sweep across the entire nineteenth century." --John T. McGreevy, University of Notre Dame"In her study of how anti-Catholic rhetoric helped shape U.S. liberal democracy in its early years, Fenton explores the manifold paradoxes inherent in Protestant denunciations of the 'tyrannical' Catholic even as the emerging republic viewed itself as capable of absorbing all differences into an ideal of national unity. Clearly argued and engagingly written, Fenton's study provides a much-needed resource on this surprisingly neglected area so important to theformation of American culture." --Mary R. Reichardt, University of St. Thomas"Religious Liberties is beautifully conceived and tightly wrought. In three shrewdly organized sections, Fenton establishes the centrality of anti-Catholicism to liberalism as a political practice, and traces the historical arc of their interwoven careers from the American Revolution to just before the Spanish-American War. This book will open up important new areas of scholarly conversation across a number of fields." --Tracy Fessenden, ArizonaState University"Through this illuminating study of nineteenth-century anti-Catholicism, Fenton thus ironically establishes the centrality of Catholicism to the development of key ideas about religion and freedom that form the patchwork of the nation."--American Catholic Studies"Fenton has offered a much-needed study of anti-Catholicism in particular and the limits of representative democracy in general. Religious tolerance is central to America's national identity, but, as Fenton has shown, such a commitment has required intolerance. This bespeaks a sobering but important question. Can humans create truly tolerant societies?"--The Catholic Historical Review, "Religious Libertiesis an imaginative investigation of anti-Catholicism's centrality to American political culture. The reading of literary texts is especially illuminating, as is Fenton's sweep across the entire nineteenth century." --John T. McGreevy, University of Notre Dame "In her study of how anti-Catholic rhetoric helped shape U.S. liberal democracy in its early years, Fenton explores the manifold paradoxes inherent in Protestant denunciations of the 'tyrannical' Catholic even as the emerging republic viewed itself as capable of absorbing all differences into an ideal of national unity. Clearly argued and engagingly written, Fenton's study provides a much-needed resource on this surprisingly neglected area so important to the formation of American culture." --Mary R. Reichardt, University of St. Thomas "Religious Libertiesis beautifully conceived and tightly wrought. In three shrewdly organized sections, Fenton establishes the centrality of anti-Catholicism to liberalism as a political practice, and traces the historical arc of their interwoven careers from the American Revolution to just before the Spanish-American War. This book will open up important new areas of scholarly conversation across a number of fields." --Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University, "Religious Liberties is an imaginative investigation of anti-Catholicism's centrality to American political culture. The reading of literary texts is especially illuminating, as is Fenton's sweep across the entire nineteenth century." --John T. McGreevy, University of Notre Dame "In her study of how anti-Catholic rhetoric helped shape U.S. liberal democracy in its early years, Fenton explores the manifold paradoxes inherent in Protestant denunciations of the 'tyrannical' Catholic even as the emerging republic viewed itself as capable of absorbing all differences into an ideal of national unity. Clearly argued and engagingly written, Fenton's study provides a much-needed resource on this surprisingly neglected area so important to the formation of American culture." --Mary R. Reichardt, University of St. Thomas "Religious Liberties is beautifully conceived and tightly wrought. In three shrewdly organized sections, Fenton establishes the centrality of anti-Catholicism to liberalism as a political practice, and traces the historical arc of their interwoven careers from the American Revolution to just before the Spanish-American War. This book will open up important new areas of scholarly conversation across a number of fields." --Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University "Through this illuminating study of nineteenth-century anti-Catholicism, Fenton thus ironically establishes the centrality of Catholicism to the development of key ideas about religion and freedom that form the patchwork of the nation."--American Catholic Studies "Fenton has offered a much-needed study of anti-Catholicism in particular and the limits of representative democracy in general. Religious tolerance is central to America's national identity, but, as Fenton has shown, such a commitment has required intolerance. This bespeaks a sobering but important question. Can humans create truly tolerant societies?"--The Catholic Historical Review, "The author's thesis is that anti-Catholicism was one, if not the, defining factor in the development of American national identity from the Revolution to at least the end of the 19th century. She cites numerous authors of fiction and politics to illustrate her thesis, and she concludes that anti-Catholicism eventually revealed the limits and innate contradictions of American liberal democracy... [T]his book provides ample justification for her thesis and is a pleasure to read." --The Heythrop Review"Religious Liberties is an imaginative investigation of anti-Catholicism's centrality to American political culture. The reading of literary texts is especially illuminating, as is Fenton's sweep across the entire nineteenth century." --John T. McGreevy, University of Notre Dame"In her study of how anti-Catholic rhetoric helped shape U.S. liberal democracy in its early years, Fenton explores the manifold paradoxes inherent in Protestant denunciations of the 'tyrannical' Catholic even as the emerging republic viewed itself as capable of absorbing all differences into an ideal of national unity. Clearly argued and engagingly written, Fenton's study provides a much-needed resource on this surprisingly neglected area so important to the formation of American culture." --Mary R. Reichardt, University of St. Thomas"Religious Liberties is beautifully conceived and tightly wrought. In three shrewdly organized sections, Fenton establishes the centrality of anti-Catholicism to liberalism as a political practice, and traces the historical arc of their interwoven careers from the American Revolution to just before the Spanish-American War. This book will open up important new areas of scholarly conversation across a number of fields." --Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University"Through this illuminating study of nineteenth-century anti-Catholicism, Fenton thus ironically establishes the centrality of Catholicism to the development of key ideas about religion and freedom that form the patchwork of the nation."--American Catholic Studies"Fenton has offered a much-needed study of anti-Catholicism in particular and the limits of representative democracy in general. Religious tolerance is central to America's national identity, but, as Fenton has shown, such a commitment has required intolerance. This bespeaks a sobering but important question. Can humans create truly tolerant societies?"--The Catholic Historical Review
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal810.938282
Table Of ContentTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPrivacy, Pluralism, and Anti-Catholic Democracy Chapter OneCatholic Canadians and Protestant Pluralism in the Early Republic Chapter TwoPleas for Democracy: Federalism, Expansionism, and Nativism Chapter ThreePapal Persuasions: Religious Conversion and Deliberative Democracy Chapter FourThis is My Body Politic: Catholic Democracy and the Limits of Representation Chapter FiveHaitian Catholicism and the End of Pluralism Chapter SixLosing Faith: Ultramontane Liberalism and Democratic Failure AfterwordIndex
SynopsisIn the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Catholicism was often presented in the U.S. not only as a threat to Protestantism but also as an enemy of democracy. Focusing on literary and cultural representations of Catholics as a political force, Elizabeth Fenton argues that the U.S. perception of religious freedom grew partly, and paradoxically, out of a sometimes virulent but often genteel anti-Catholicism. Depictions of Catholicism's imagined intolerance and cruelty allowed writers time and again to depict their nation as tolerant and free. As Religious Liberties shows, anti-Catholic sentiment particularly shaped U.S. conceptions of pluralism and its relationship to issues as diverse as religious privacy, territorial expansion, female citizenship, political representation, chattel slavery, and governmental partisanship. Drawing on a wide range of materials--from the Federalist Papers to antebellum biographies of Toussaint Louverture; from nativist treatises to Margaret Fuller's journalism; from convent expos s to novels by Catharine Sedgwick, Augusta J. Evans, Nathanial Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain--Fenton's study excavates the influence of anti-Catholic sentiment on both the liberal tradition and early U.S. culture more generally. In concert, these texts suggest how the prejudice against Catholicism facilitated an alignment of U.S. nationalism with Protestantism, thus ensuring the mutual dependence, rather than the putative "separation" of church and state., In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Catholicism was often presented in the U.S. not only as a threat to Protestantism but also as an enemy of democracy. Focusing on literary and cultural representations of Catholics as a political force, Elizabeth Fenton argues that the U.S. perception of religious freedom grew partly, and paradoxically, out of a sometimes virulent but often genteel anti-Catholicism. Depictions of Catholicism's imagined intolerance and cruelty allowed writers time and again to depict their nation as tolerant and free. As Religious Liberties shows, anti-Catholic sentiment particularly shaped U.S. conceptions of pluralism and its relationship to issues as diverse as religious privacy, territorial expansion, female citizenship, political representation, chattel slavery, and governmental partisanship. Drawing on a wide range of materials--from the Federalist Papers to antebellum biographies of Toussaint Louverture; from nativist treatises to Margaret Fuller's journalism; from convent exposés to novels by Catharine Sedgwick, Augusta J. Evans, Nathanial Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain--Fenton's study excavates the influence of anti-Catholic sentiment on both the liberal tradition and early U.S. culture more generally. In concert, these texts suggest how the prejudice against Catholicism facilitated an alignment of U.S. nationalism with Protestantism, thus ensuring the mutual dependence, rather than the putative "separation" of church and state., Early and nineteenth-century U.S. literary and cultural productions often presented Catholicism as a threat not only to Protestantism but also to democracy. Through analysis of a wide range of texts, Religious Liberties shows that U.S. understandings of religious freedom and pluralism emerged, paradoxically, out of a virulent anti-Catholicism., In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, U.S. literary and cultural productions often presented Catholicism not only as a threat to Protestantism but also as an enemy of democracy. Focusing on representations of the Catholic as a political force, Elizabeth Fenton argues that U.S. understandings of religious freedom grew partly, and paradoxically, out of a virulent anti-Catholicism. Depictions of Catholicism's imagined intolerance and cruelty allowed U.S. writers time and again to depict their nation as tolerant and free. As Religious Liberties shows, anti-Catholicism particularly shaped U.S. conceptions of pluralism and its relationship to issues as diverse as religious privacy, territorial expansion, female citizenship, political representation, chattel slavery, and governmental partisanship. Religious Liberties examines a wide range of materials-from the Federalist Papers to antebellum biographies of Toussaint Louverture; from nativist treatises to Margaret Fuller's journalism; from convent exposés to novels by Charles Brockden Brown, Catharine Sedgwick, Augusta J. Evans, Nathanial Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Henry Adams, and Mark Twain-to excavate anti-Catholicism's influence on both the liberal tradition and early U.S. culture. In concert, these texts reveal that Anti-Catholicism facilitated an alignment of U.S. nationalism with Protestantism. Religious Liberties shows that this alignment ultimately has ensured the mutual dependence, rather than the "separation " we so often take for granted, of church and state., In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Catholicism was often presented in the U.S. not only as a threat to Protestantism but also as an enemy of democracy. Focusing on literary and cultural representations of Catholics as a political force, Elizabeth Fenton argues that the U.S. perception of religious freedom grew partly, and paradoxically, out of a sometimes virulent but often genteel anti-Catholicism. Depictions of Catholicism's imagined intolerance and cruelty allowed writers time and again to depict their nation as tolerant and free. As Religious Liberties shows, anti-Catholic sentiment particularly shaped U.S. conceptions of pluralism and its relationship to issues as diverse as religious privacy, territorial expansion, female citizenship, political representation, chattel slavery, and governmental partisanship.Drawing on a wide range of materials - from the Federalist Papers to antebellum biographies of Toussaint Louverture; from nativist treatises to Margaret Fuller's journalism; from convent exposés to novels by Catharine Sedgwick, Augusta J. Evans, Nathanial Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain - Fenton's study excavates the influence of anti-Catholic sentiment on both the liberal tradition and early U.S. culture more generally. In concert, these texts suggest how the prejudice against Catholicism facilitated an alignment of U.S. nationalism with Protestantism, thus ensuring the mutual dependence, rather than the putative "separation" of church and state.
LC Classification NumberPS217.P54
