TY - BOOK AU - Jortner,Adam Joseph TI - Blood from the Sky: Miracles and Politics in the Early American Republic T2 - Jeffersonian America SN - 9780813939599 AV - E338 .B566 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - Miracles KW - Political aspects KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Supernatural KW - Religion and politics KW - Political culture KW - Crises KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: History, reality and miracles --; The language of the supernatural --; The practice of the supernatural --; The politics of the supernatural --; Shakers --; Native American prophets --; Latter-day Saints --; The sects that weren't --; Conclusion: Liberty and theology; 2; b N2 - "This book examines the appearance of miracles and the supernatural in Jeffersonian America, and explains the way in which these religious claims to supernatural powers represented a political crisis in the new republic"--Provided by publisher UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1429750&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -