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Bodies of belief : Baptist community in early America /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lindman, Janet Moore
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A new people of God
  • "Little tabernacles in the wilderness": Baptists in colonial Pennsylvania
  • "Sons and daughters in zion": Baptists in colonial Virginia
  • "A heaven-born stroke": evangelical conversion
  • "Putting on Christianity": ritual practice
  • "Holy walking and conversation": church discipline
  • Sisters in Christ: gender and spirituality
  • Free people in the Lord: race and religion
  • The manly Christian: evangelical white manhood
  • Conclusion: Baptists in the early republic
  • Appendix: Baptist ministers in the Delaware Valley and Chesapeake.