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Conceived in Doubt: Religion and Politics in the New American Nation (American Beginnings, 1500-1900) by Amanda Porterfield Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2012 ISBN-10: 0-226-67512-2 / 0226675122 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-67512-1 / 9780226675121 Americans have long acknowledged a deep connection between evangelical religion and democracy in the early days of the republic. This is a widely accepted narrative that is maintained as a matter of fact and tradition—and in spite of evangelicalism’s more authoritarian and reactionary aspects.In |