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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
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Resources: Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
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Kassner, Scott Gerald. "William Smith and the Empire of Liberty: Adventures and Misadventures on the Civil Religious Landscape of Eighteenth-Century British America," American Studies Program, University of Minnesota, December 1995.
This dissertation examines the life and thoughts of William Smith (1727-1803) of Philadelphia; particularly, Smith’s loyalism during the American Revolution. It sheds light on civil religion, millenialism, denominationalism, republicanism, and authority in America during the second half of the eighteenth century. The work examines the crucial roles that Smith saw for education and churches in achieving the civic millennium. The dissertation also analyzes the stormy relationship between Smith and Benjamin Franklin and reveals that relationship as a clash of civic religions.
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