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Inspired by Machiavelli, modern philosophers held that the tension between the goals of biblical piety and the goals of political life needed to be resolved in favor of the political, and so they attempted to recast and delimit traditional Christian teaching to serve and stabilize political life accordingly. This volume examines the thought ......
In City Contented, City Discontented: A History of Modern Harrisburg, award-winning journalist Paul Beers (1931–2011) reveals how contemporary Harrisburg came to be what it is. In a masterful series of essays, Beers charts the capital’s development from a City Beautiful, with its celebrated public spaces and premier ......
A Study of German-American Broadsides and Their Meaning for Germans in North America, 17301830
Examines German broadsides published in America from 1730 to 1830. Through them, explores aspects of the German-American world, including printing, religious practices, social life, politics, education, farming, economics, and medicine.
A Study of German-American Broadsides and Their Meaning for Germans in North America, 17301830
Examines German broadsides published in America from 1730 to 1830. Through them, explores aspects of the German-American world, including printing, religious practices, social life, politics, education, farming, economics, and medicine.
Bringing together new work from many of the leading experts on democratic citizenship, this volume presents both normative argument and empirical analysis to help deepen our understanding of the various competences that citizens require if there is to be a flourishing democratic political order in our present age.
Religion and Wealth in Industrial-Era Philadelphia
Examines the lives and religious commitments of the Philadelphia elite during the period of industrial prosperity that extended from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s.
Religion and Wealth in Industrial-Era Philadelphia
Examines the lives and religious commitments of the Philadelphia elite during the period of industrial prosperity that extended from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s.
A History of the Community of Seventh Day Baptists at Ephrata, Lancaster County, Penn'a
A history, originally published in 1786 and translated in 1889, of the Seventh Day Baptist congregation in Ephrata, from the early Pietist movement in Germany to the founding of Ephrata and other communities in southeastern Pennsylvania in the 1730s. Written by two members of the Ephrata community.
