@article{940137,
      recid = {940137},
      author = {Peterson, Stephen J.,},
      title = {Gladstone's influence in America : reactions in the press  to modern religion and politics /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xi, 243 pages)},
      abstract = {By the end of the nineteenth century, William Gladstone  was arguably the most popular statesman in America since  Lincoln. How did a British prime minister achieve such fame  in an era of troubled Anglo-American relations? And what do  press reactions to Gladstone's policies and published  writings reveal about American society? Tracing Gladstone's  growing fame in the United States, beginning with his first  term as prime minister in 1868 until his death in 1898,  this volume focuses on periodicals of the era to illuminate  how Americans responded to modern influences in religion  and politics. His forays into religious controversy  highlight the extent to which faith influenced the American  cult of Gladstone. Coverage of Gladstone's involvement in  issues such as church disestablishment, papal  infallibility, Christian orthodoxy, atheism and  agnosticism, faith and science, and liberal theology reveal  deepening religious and cultural rifts in American society.  Gladstone's Influence in America offers the most  comprehensive picture to date of the statesman's reputation  in the United States.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/940137},
}