Protestant Nations Redefined : : Changing Perceptions of National Identity in the Rhetoric of the English, Dutch and Swedish Public Churches, 1685-1772 / / Pasi Ihalainen.
This volume reconstructs the various meanings attached to the concepts of nation and fatherland in eighteenth-century English, Dutch and Swedish political preaching. After discussing sermons as a medium of national ideology, it analyses the decline of the Israelite prototype of nation, the changing...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 109 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ;
109. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on References, Dates and Quotations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. State Sermons as a Medium of Official Political Ideology
- 2. Israelite Parallels in the Language of Nation
- 3. Interaction Between the Concepts of Nation and Protestantism
- 4. International Protestantism and the Limits of the Nation
- 5. The Stereotype of Popery in Constructions of the National Community
- 6. Interaction Between the Concepts of Nation and Protestant Prince
- 7. Definitions and Redefinitions of the Nation and Fatherland
- 8. The Rise of Classical Patriotism in the Language of Nation
- 9. Associations Between Freedom and Protestantism in the Language of Nation
- 10. The Rise of a Commercial Nation
- 11. The Language of Nature in Protestant State Sermons
- Conclusion
- Appendix: 'National' as an attribute in state sermons preached in the presence of the highest English/British authorities on national anniversaries, 1685-1772
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Places.