Jonathan D Sassi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1080000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan D Sassi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan D |
| FAMILY NAME | Sassi |
| SIGNATURE | SASSI J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911
Journal Article America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911 Get access America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911. By Mark A Noll. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. xii, 846 pp. $43.99.) Jonathan D Sassi Jonathan D Sassi College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York and Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York Search for other…
The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America
God against the Revolution: The Loyalist Clergy's Case against the American Revolution
From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657-1761
Journal Article From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657–1761 Get access From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657–1761. By Brycchan Carey. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. xiv, 257 pp. $35.00.) Jonathan D. Sassi Jonathan D. Sassi College of Staten IslandCity University of New YorkStaten Island, New YorkandGraduate CenterCity University of New YorkNew York,…
Communications
With a Little Help from the Friends: The Quaker and Tactical Contexts of Anthony Benezet’s Abolitionist Publishing
Jonathan D. Sassi, With a Little Help from the Friends: The Quaker and Tactical Contexts of Anthony Benezet’s Abolitionist Publishing, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 135, No. 1 (January 2011), pp. 33-71
Africans in the Quaker image: Anthony Benezet, African travel narratives, and revolutionary-era antislavery
This article compares Anthony Benezet's influential 1771 antislavery tract, Some Historical Account of Guinea, with the sources from which he gleaned his information about Africa and the slave trade, the narratives published by European travelers to West Africa. Benezet, a Philadelphia Quaker and humanitarian reformer, cited the travel literature in order to portray Africa as an abundant land of decent people. He thereby refuted the apology that …
Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State
A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post- Revolutionary New England Clergy
A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post-- Revolutionary New England Clergy. By Jonathan D. Sassi. (Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. viii, 298. Illustrations. $49.95.) In this fine monograph, Jonathan D. Sassi provides a missing link between the Congregationalist clergy who urged New Englanders to stand up to British tyranny and those who inspired them to call for an end to slavery. He argues that the pulpit power was no…
Errand into the Republic
The First Party Competition and Southern New England's Public Christianity
Over the past decade or so, there has been a transformation underway in our understanding of the New England clergy during the early republic, especially of the orthodox wing of Congregationalism. Scholars approaching the subject from a variety of angles have laid to rest an older portrayal of the New England clergy as status anxious, reactionary, and out of touch with the larger cultural currents coursing through the new nation. In The Democrati…
The Crisis of the Standing Order: Clerical Intellectuals and Cultural Authority in Massachusetts, 1780-1833
Journal Article The Crisis of the Standing Order: Clerical Intellectuals and Cultural Authority in Massachusetts, 1780–1833. By Peter S. Field. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. xvi, 272 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-55849-143-0.) Get access Jonathan D. Sassi Jonathan D. Sassi College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Ame…
Africans in the Quaker image: Anthony Benezet, African travel narratives, and revolutionary-era antislavery
This article compares Anthony Benezet's influential 1771 antislavery tract, Some Historical Account of Guinea, with the sources from which he gleaned his information about Africa and the slave trade, the narratives published by European travelers to West Africa. Benezet, a Philadelphia Quaker and humanitarian reformer, cited the travel literature in order to portray Africa as an abundant land of decent people. He thereby refuted the apology that …
The First Party Competition and Southern New England's Public Christianity
Over the past decade or so, there has been a transformation underway in our understanding of the New England clergy during the early republic, especially of the orthodox wing of Congregationalism. Scholars approaching the subject from a variety of angles have laid to rest an older portrayal of the New England clergy as status anxious, reactionary, and out of touch with the larger cultural currents coursing through the new nation. In The Democrati…
Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State
From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657-1761
Journal Article From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657–1761 Get access From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657–1761. By Brycchan Carey. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. xiv, 257 pp. $35.00.) Jonathan D. Sassi Jonathan D. Sassi College of Staten IslandCity University of New YorkStaten Island, New YorkandGraduate CenterCity University of New YorkNew York,…
A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post- Revolutionary New England Clergy
A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post-- Revolutionary New England Clergy. By Jonathan D. Sassi. (Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. viii, 298. Illustrations. $49.95.) In this fine monograph, Jonathan D. Sassi provides a missing link between the Congregationalist clergy who urged New Englanders to stand up to British tyranny and those who inspired them to call for an end to slavery. He argues that the pulpit power was no…
The Crisis of the Standing Order: Clerical Intellectuals and Cultural Authority in Massachusetts, 1780-1833
Journal Article The Crisis of the Standing Order: Clerical Intellectuals and Cultural Authority in Massachusetts, 1780–1833. By Peter S. Field. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. xvi, 272 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-55849-143-0.) Get access Jonathan D. Sassi Jonathan D. Sassi College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Ame…
The First Party Competition and Southern New England's Public Christianity
Over the past decade or so, there has been a transformation underway in our understanding of the New England clergy during the early republic, especially of the orthodox wing of Congregationalism. Scholars approaching the subject from a variety of angles have laid to rest an older portrayal of the New England clergy as status anxious, reactionary, and out of touch with the larger cultural currents coursing through the new nation. In The Democrati…
A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post- Revolutionary New England Clergy
A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post-- Revolutionary New England Clergy. By Jonathan D. Sassi. (Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. viii, 298. Illustrations. $49.95.) In this fine monograph, Jonathan D. Sassi provides a missing link between the Congregationalist clergy who urged New Englanders to stand up to British tyranny and those who inspired them to call for an end to slavery. He argues that the pulpit power was no…
Errand into the Republic
Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State
Africans in the Quaker image: Anthony Benezet, African travel narratives, and revolutionary-era antislavery
This article compares Anthony Benezet's influential 1771 antislavery tract, Some Historical Account of Guinea, with the sources from which he gleaned his information about Africa and the slave trade, the narratives published by European travelers to West Africa. Benezet, a Philadelphia Quaker and humanitarian reformer, cited the travel literature in order to portray Africa as an abundant land of decent people. He thereby refuted the apology that …
With a Little Help from the Friends: The Quaker and Tactical Contexts of Anthony Benezet’s Abolitionist Publishing
Jonathan D. Sassi, With a Little Help from the Friends: The Quaker and Tactical Contexts of Anthony Benezet’s Abolitionist Publishing, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 135, No. 1 (January 2011), pp. 33-71
Communications
From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657-1761
Journal Article From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657–1761 Get access From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657–1761. By Brycchan Carey. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. xiv, 257 pp. $35.00.) Jonathan D. Sassi Jonathan D. Sassi College of Staten IslandCity University of New YorkStaten Island, New YorkandGraduate CenterCity University of New YorkNew York,…
God against the Revolution: The Loyalist Clergy's Case against the American Revolution
The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America
America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911
Journal Article America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911 Get access America's Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794–1911. By Mark A Noll. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. xii, 846 pp. $43.99.) Jonathan D Sassi Jonathan D Sassi College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, New York and Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York Search for other…
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