Prodigal nation
Subtitle: moral decline and divine punishment from New England to 9/11
By: Andrew R. Murphy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780195321289
Subjects: Jeremiads -- United States -- History and criticism; Christianity and politics -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The American jeremiad; title: Puritan New England and the foundations of the American jeremiad; title: Decline, slavery, and war : the jeremiad in antebellum and Civil War America; title: Taking America back : the Christian right jeremiad; title: Competing jeremiads; title: Constructing a usable past; title: The jeremiad and the culture wars; title: The past, present, and future of the American jeremiad.