Innocence Abroad
The “American Religion” in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7720875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William R Hutchison (0000-0002-5456-3277, American Society of Church History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-84 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/3165254 |
| OpenAlex | W2150759295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Americans pondering cultural relationships to Europe have always rather enjoyed quoting that splendidly splenetic outburst of rhetorical questions that the Reverend Sydney Smith posed in 1820 in the Edinburgh Review : “In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue? What does the world yet owe to American physicians or surgeons?” As Smith's catalogue continues, it becomes Job-like; or rather, by no accident, like God's questions to poor Job. Where were the Americans, Smith thunders, when we British laid the foundations of modern culture? “Where are their Foxes, their Burkes, their Sheridans?... What new substances have their chemists discovered? What new constellations have been discovered by [their] telescopes
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |