Freemasonry in American Culture Hackett, David G. creator text Electronic books. cau Berkeley University of California Press 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (330 p.) This powerful study weaves the story of Freemasonry into the narrative of American religious history. Freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons' guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English Freemasonry arrived in colonial America with a vast array of cultural baggage, which was drawn on, added to, and transformed during its sojourn through American culture. David G. Hackett argues that from the 1730s through the early twentieth century the religious worlds of an evolving American social order broadly appropriated the beliefs and initiatory practices of this all-male society. For much. 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 Description based upon print version of record. Freemasonry -- United States -- History Freemasons United States History Freemasonry United States History Group identity United States History United States Religion History SOCIAL SCIENCE / General HS515 366.10973 Hackett, David G. Berkeley : University of California Press,c2014 9780520957626 (electronic bk.) 0520957628 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1594281 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=560962 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}&Format=50 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}&Format=410 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}&Format=610 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=684146 http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0438-1/{93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}Img100.jpg http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1594281 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=560962 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}&Format=50 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}&Format=410 http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}&Format=610 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=684146 http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0438-1/{93EF1B68-511F-47F7-BB31-F0221052FF0E}Img100.jpg EBLCP 140111 20200709060038.0 ocn867931422 eng