| Description |
1 online resource (x, 201 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Religion in America series
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Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Historians and Congregational Evangelism; 2. The Missionary Impulse; 3. The Committee on Missions, 1792-1797; 4. The Connecticut Missionary Society; 5. CMS Missionaries and Revivalism; 6. The CMS and the Republican Frontier; 7. The CMS and Republican Religion; 8. Congregational Declension Reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The first book-length treatment of its topic, this study is aimed at abolishing the old cliche that Congregationalism failed to adapt to the democratizing culture of the westward migration. Drawing on hundreds of previously unused letters, journals, and sermons, the author argues that Congregational missionaries were aggressive evangelists who successfully adjusted to the egalitarian demands of the early republican frontier. Keepers of the Covenant critically examines the various explanations for the decline of Congregationalism after the American Revolution, and in the process, overturns gene. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Missionary Society of Connecticut -- History.
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Missionary Society of Connecticut. |
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History. |
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Missions -- Northeastern States.
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Missions. |
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Northeastern States. |
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Congregational churches -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century.
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Congregational churches. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Civil war -- Religious aspects -- Congregational churches. |
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Congregational churches -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Northeastern States -- Church history -- 18th century.
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Church history. |
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Northeastern States -- Church history -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
| Indexed Term |
Congregational churches History |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rohrer, James R. (James Russell), 1960- Keepers of the covenant. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (DLC) 94022305 |
| ISBN |
9780195357950 (electronic book) |
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0195357957 (electronic book) |
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0195091663 (Cloth) |
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9780195091663 |
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