Format:
Online-Ressource (280 p)
ISBN:
9780812221824
Series Statement:
Early American Studies
Content:
Bodies of Belief argues that the paradoxical evolution of the Baptist religion, specifically in Pennsylvania and Virginia, was simultaneously egalitarian and hierarchical, democratic and conservative.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: A New People of God -- 1 "Little Tabernacles in the Wilderness": Baptists in Colonial Pennsylvania -- 2 "Sons and Daughters of Zion": Baptists in Colonial Virginia -- 3 "A Heaven-Born Stroke": Evangelical Conversion -- 4 "Putting on Christianity": Ritual Practice -- 5 "Holy Walking and Conversation": Church Discipline -- 6 Sisters in Christ: Gender and Spirituality -- 7 Free People in the Lord: Race and Religion -- 8 The Manly Christian: Evangelical White Manhood -- Conclusion: Baptists in the Early Republic -- Appendix: Baptist Ministers in the Delaware Valley and Chesapeake -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover ""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: A New People of God""; ""1 "Little Tabernacles in the Wilderness": Baptists in Colonial Pennsylvania""; ""2 "Sons and Daughters of Zion": Baptists in Colonial Virginia""; ""3 "A Heaven-Born Stroke": Evangelical Conversion""; ""4 "Putting on Christianity": Ritual Practice""; ""5 "Holy Walking and Conversation": Church Discipline""; ""6 Sisters in Christ: Gender and Spirituality""; ""7 Free People in the Lord: Race and Religion""; ""8 The Manly Christian: Evangelical White Manhood""; ""Conclusion: Baptists in the Early Republic""
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""Appendix: Baptist Ministers in the Delaware Valley and Chesapeake""""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments ""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812206760
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812221824
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bodies of Belief : Baptist Community in Early America
Language:
English
Keywords:
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