23 English eng Fenton, Elizabeth Contributor <p><em data-start="308" data-end="388">Indeliberate Democracy: The Politics of Religious Conversion in Royall Tyler's</em> <em data-start="389" data-end="411">The Algerine Captive</em> examines how religious conversion functions as a political and cultural issue in Royall Tyler’s novel. The study argues that experiences of conversion, captivity, and cross-cultural encounter challenge fixed ideas of citizenship, identity, and democratic participation in the early United States. Through the novel, the author explores how religion and politics intersect in shaping concepts of American nationhood and democracy.<br></p> University of North Carolina Press 2016 pdf ISSN 0012-8163 Early American Literature Indeliberate Democracy: The Politics of Religious Conversion in Royall Tyler's "The Algerine Captive" mixed material University of North Carolina Press