Father of Liberty
Jonathan Mayhew and the Principles of the American Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4768182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edith Shalev (0000-0003-0807-4453, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Eran Shalev (University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 658-659 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jay308 |
| OpenAlex | W2906185494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Students of revolutionary America might know of Dr. Jonathan Mayhew through the Liberty Fund anthology Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730–1805 (edited by Ellis Sandoz, 1991, vol. 1), in which his 1766 sermon, “The Snare Broken,” is prominent. Wondering why the pastor did not follow up on that harsh damnation of the Stamp Act (1765) they will find out (perhaps through a modest Wikipedia entry) that he died in the same year as the imperial act he condemned was repealed. Like other contemporaries who were dominant in shaping early revolutionary events but whose lives were cut short before achieving eternal fame (Dr. Joseph Warren, killed early on in the Battle of Bunker Hill [1775] comes to mind), little attention has been given to Mayhew in recent times. Enters J. Patrick Mullins's Father of Liberty. In a succinct and dense study of Mayhew's career and thought, Mullins boldly contends that the Bostonian pastor was colonial America's most influential clergyman, and bears responsibility (with others) for setting the stage for the resistance to British authority. Mullins concludes that Mayhew should be counted among revolutionary luminaries such as Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, and James Otis (who, like Mayhew, did not live to witness independence
Ancient history · Battle · Colonialism · Independence (probability theory · Jeffersonian democracy · Political science · Politics · Sermon · Theology · Witness · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Law · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |