Wandering Souls : Protestant Migrations in America, 1630-1865 /

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Popular literature and frontier studies stress that Americans moved west to farm or to seek a new beginning. Scott Rohrer argues that Protestant migrants in early America relocated in search of salvation, Christian community, reform, or all three. He examines the migration patterns of eight religiou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rohrer, S. Scott, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Protestants.
Migration, Internal.
HISTORY > United States > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Protestants > États-Unis > Histoire.
Migration, Internal > United States > History.
Protestants > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse.
United States > Church history.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Popular literature and frontier studies stress that Americans moved west to farm or to seek a new beginning. Scott Rohrer argues that Protestant migrants in early America relocated in search of salvation, Christian community, reform, or all three. He examines the migration patterns of eight religious groups and finds that Protestant migrations consisted of two basic types: migrations motivated by religion, economics, and family (including Puritans, Methodists, Moravians, and others)and groups wanting to escape persecution or harassment (Mormons and Inspirationists). He concludes that the two m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469604305

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