Freemasonry

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This paper discusses Bullock's exploration of freemasonry entitled "Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840,". It explains that the author theorizes that the establishment of freemasonry is in large part parallel with the establishment of early American society. It assesses how Bullock proposes that freemasonry was constructed upon three traditions, each of which ran parallel to the evolution of the American social order during a critical time in its development.

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"In Steven C. Bullock's exploration of freemasonry entitled Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840, the author theorizes that the establishment of freemasonry is in large part parallel with the establishment of early American society. Bullock proposes that freemasonry was constructed upon "three traditions," each of which ran parallel to the evolution of the American social order during a critical time in its development (Bullock, 10). These three traditions consisted of the "antiquity" of freemasonry, in which the "histories, forms, and rituals" of ancient civilizations were believed key in shedding light on how modern social order should be constructed and thus reflect on the "inheritance" that modern society received from its predecessors (Ibid.). The second and third traditions were "sociability and science," thus suggesting that a social order and the engagement in science would help promote a ..."

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