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That religion in which all men agree : freemasonry in American culture / David G. Hackett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 317 pages .)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0520957628
  • 9780520957626
  • 0520287606
  • 9780520287600
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: That religion in which all men agree.DDC classification:
  • 366/.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • HS515 .R45 2014
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE. EUROPEAN AMERICAN FREEMASONRY; 1. Colonial Freemasonry and Polite Society, 1733-1776; 2. Revolutionary Masonry: Republican and Christian, 1757-1825; 3. A Private World of Ritual, 1797-1825; 4. Anti-Masonry and the Public Sphere, 1826-1850; 5. Gender, Protestants, and Freemasonry, 1850-1920; PART TWO. BEYOND THE WHITE PROTESTANT MIDDLE CLASS; 6. The Prince Hall Masons and the African American Church: The Labors of Grand Master and Bishop James Walker Hood, 1864-1918; 7. Freemasonry and Native Americans, 1776-1920.
8. Jews and Catholics, 1723-1920Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary: Hackett weaves the story of Freemasonry into the narrative of American religious history. Coming to colonial America freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons' guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English Freemasonry brought with it a vast array of cultural baggage that was drawn upon in different ways, added to, and transformed during the fraternity's sojourn in American culture. This study argues that from the 1730s to the early 20th century, the changing beliefs and initiatory practices of this all-male society were broadly appropriated by the religious worlds of an evolving social order.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Hackett weaves the story of Freemasonry into the narrative of American religious history. Coming to colonial America freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons' guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English Freemasonry brought with it a vast array of cultural baggage that was drawn upon in different ways, added to, and transformed during the fraternity's sojourn in American culture. This study argues that from the 1730s to the early 20th century, the changing beliefs and initiatory practices of this all-male society were broadly appropriated by the religious worlds of an evolving social order.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE. EUROPEAN AMERICAN FREEMASONRY; 1. Colonial Freemasonry and Polite Society, 1733-1776; 2. Revolutionary Masonry: Republican and Christian, 1757-1825; 3. A Private World of Ritual, 1797-1825; 4. Anti-Masonry and the Public Sphere, 1826-1850; 5. Gender, Protestants, and Freemasonry, 1850-1920; PART TWO. BEYOND THE WHITE PROTESTANT MIDDLE CLASS; 6. The Prince Hall Masons and the African American Church: The Labors of Grand Master and Bishop James Walker Hood, 1864-1918; 7. Freemasonry and Native Americans, 1776-1920.

8. Jews and Catholics, 1723-1920Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

English.