Tenacious of their liberties : the Congregationalists in colonial Massachusetts /

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The importance of Congregationalism in early Massachusetts has engaged historians' attention for generations. This study is the first to approach the Puritan experience in Congregational church government from the perspective of both the pew and the pulpit. -- Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, James F. (James Fenimore), 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Colección:Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Temas:
1600-1799
Congregational churches > Massachusetts > History > 17th century.
Congregational churches > Massachusetts > History > 18th century.
Congregational churches > Massachusetts > Government.
Congregational churches > Massachusetts > Membership.
RELIGION > Christianity > Presbyterian.
Congregational churches
Congregational churches > Government
Congregational churches > Membership
Congregationalisme.
Massachusetts > Church history > 17th century.
Massachusetts > Church history > 18th century.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts.
Electronic books.
Church history
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The implementation of the congregational way
  • "A mixed form": clerical authority and lay liberty
  • Lay "rebellion" and clerical reaction: antinomianism and its aftermath
  • The Presbyterian challenge
  • Congregationalism in crisis: the halfway covenant
  • An uneasy balance
  • Declension and reform
  • Clerical conflict and the decline of Sola Scriptura
  • Perpetuation and disintegration
  • The great awakening and the privatization of piety.

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