Set in stone
Subtitle: America's embrace of the Ten Commandments
By: Jenna Weissman Joselit
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780190253196
Subjects: Miscellanea; Ten commandments; Church history
Description: Through a series of deftly-rendered vignettes, prominent historian Jenna Weissman Joselit offers a compelling and fresh-eyed perspective on the Ten Commandments, situating them within the context of modern America. Rich in incident and in colorful personalities of the 19th and 20th centuries, her account shows that the Ten Commandments are not cast in stone but a fertile repository of American history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Species humbug; title: The ultimate to-do list; title: Good neighbors; title: Special effects; title: Take two; title: Pedigree.