The Law and the Revival
A "New Divinity" for the Settlements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3397611 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David L Weddle (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 196-214 |
| Publication date | 1978-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3164733 |
| OpenAlex | W2014358922 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
In the settlements of New York State in the early nineteenth century two movements of the American spirit converged toward the common end of the creation of a just social order for the happiness of man and the glory of God. The revival and the institution of legal order grew and flourished from a common root, the conviction that a renewed national community could be formed only on the basis of respect for law. The Biblical promise of millennial bliss fervently extended by the revivalists and the Constitutional promise of domestic tranquillity recited by the lawyers were both dependent for their fulfillment on the people's submission to regulations, whether religious or civil. The interest in law as the basis of "settling things" with both God and one's neighbors implied a confidence in the human ability to understand and to honor the principles by which the affairs of God and men are rightfully ordered
Divinity · Honor · Political science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2023 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |