• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Benjamin Franklin : cultural Protestant
  • Contributor: Hart, D. G. [Author]
  • Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021
  • Published in: Spiritual lives
    Oxford scholarship online
  • Issue: First edition.
  • Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198788997.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191830990
  • Identifier:
  • RVK notation: BO 5655 : Kirche und politische Mächte nach Ländern, Territorien und Diözesen (CSN des Namens)
  • Keywords: Franklin, Benjamin > USA > Zivilreligion > Religionsphilosophie > Aufklärung
    Franklin, Benjamin > Kulturprotestantismus
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: This edition also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 7, 2021)
  • Description: This compelling biography interprets Franklin as the embodiment of Protestant attitudes toward print culture, urban life, science, intellectual life, and politics. It shows that Franklin should be included in the company of figures like Lincoln for whom Protestant convictions informed their outlook on and contribution to the world.