Protestant Nations Redefined: Changing Perceptions of National Identity in the Rehetoric of the English, Dutch, and Swedish Public Churches, 1685-1772

Protestant Nations Redefined: Changing Perceptions of National Identity in the Rehetoric of the English, Dutch, and Swedish Public Churches, 1685-1772
ISBN-10
9004144854
ISBN-13
9789004144859
Category
Religion
Pages
687
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Pasi Ihalainen

Description

This study in comparative conceptual history reveals how the concepts of nation and fatherland were redefined within public religion in eighteenth-century England, the Netherlands and Sweden, leading to more positive and inclusive conceptions of nationhood and the gradual reconfiguration of national identities in more secular terms.

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