Conscience as a Historical Force by Douglas Harvey - 9781032721132

Conscience as a Historical ForceThe Liberation Theology of Herman Husband\nAuthor(s): Douglas Harvey\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032721132, 978-1032721132\nSynopsis\nConscience as a Historical Force is the first true analysis of the life and thought of the radically democratic eighteenth-century backcountry figure of Herman Husband [tel] and his heavily metaphorical political and religious writings during the Age of Revolution.\n\nThis book addresses the influence of religion in the American revolutionary period and locates the events of Herman Husbands life in the broader Atlantic context of the social, economic, and political transition from feudalism to capitalism. Husbands metaphorical reading of the Bible reveals the timeless nature of his message and its relevance today. Other studies of Herman Husband fail in this regard even though, this book argues, this is the most valuable lesson of his life. The.