|
|
Article: Righteous Indignation: Religion and the Populist Revolution.(Book review)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Southern Historical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Righteous Indignation: Religion and the Populist Revolution. By Joe Creech. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2006. Pp. xxx, 232. Paper, $25.00, ISBN 978-0-252-07315-1; cloth, $60.00, ISBN 978-0-25203074-1.)
When Richard Hofstadter discussed the Populists in his seminal The Age of Reform: From Bryan to F. D. R. (New York, 1955), he paid scant attention to their religiosity. Beyond noting their anti-Semitism and the "apocalyptic forebodings" contained in their conspiracy theories, Hofstadter did not investigate the role of religious faith (Age of Reform, p. 91). (Indeed, the word evangelical does not appear in the book's index.) Agrarian piety ...