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In "Pagan Origin of Partialist Doctrines," John Claudius Pitrat embarks on a rigorous examination of the historical and philosophical underpinnings of various theological doctrines, tracing their roots to ancient pagan beliefs. The book's literary style is characterized by meticulous scholarship, blending narrative exposition with critical analysis. Pitrat scrutinizes the evolution of religious thought, challenging the widely accepted notions of absolute orthodoxy in Christianity, while illuminating the often-overlooked syncretism that occurs at the intersection of paganism and emerging monotheistic practices. John Claudius Pitrat, a prominent thinker of the 19th century, was deeply influenc...
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The mixture of hostility and fascination with which native-born Protestants viewed the "foreign" practices of the "immigrant" church is the focus of Jenny Franchot's cultural, literary, and religious history of Protestant attitudes toward Roman Catholicism in nineteenth-century America. Franchot analyzes the effects of religious attitudes on historical ideas about America's origins and destiny. She then focuses on the popular tales of convent incarceration, with their Protestant "maidens" and lecherous, tyrannical Church superiors. Religious captivity narratives, like those of Indian captivity, were part of the ethnically, theologically, and sexually charged discourse of Protestant nativism....
Includes notes and announcements of the Order of United Americans.