Title: Necessary virtue
First published: 1998
Description: In Necessary Virtue Charles P. Hanson explores the disruptive effects of the American Revolution on the religious culture of New England Protestantism.

In this book, Hanson raises questions about difference, tolerance, and the role of religious belief in politics and government that help us see the American Revolution in a new light. Necessary Virtue is timely in pointing to the historical contingency and, perhaps, the fragility of the church-state separation that is very much a political and legal issue today.
Subjects: Politics and government, Participation, French, Anti-Catholicism, Church history, Freedom of religion, French Participation, Foreign relations, History, New england, church history, New england, politics and government, France, foreign relations, united states, United states, foreign relations, france, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783
Places: France, New England, United States
Time periods: 18th century, Revolution, 1775-1783
LC classification: BR530 .H37 1998