TY - BOOK AU - Hackett,David G. TI - That religion in which all men agree: freemasonry in American culture SN - 0520957628 AV - HS515 .R45 2014 U1 - 366/.10973 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Freemasons KW - United States KW - History KW - Francs-maçons KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - fast KW - Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer KW - Bitterfeld KW - gnd KW - Freemasonry KW - Group identity KW - Franc-maçonnerie KW - Identité collective KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Manners and customs KW - Religion KW - Freimaurerei KW - Vrijmetselarij KW - gtt KW - Frimurare KW - historia KW - sao KW - Social life and customs KW - Mœurs et coutumes KW - Verenigde Staten KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=684146 ER -