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Irish Presbyterians and the shaping of western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830 /

"Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830 is a historical study examining the religious culture of Irish immigrants in the early years of America. Despite fractious relations among competing sects, many immigrants shared a vision of a renewed Ireland in which their...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gilmore, Peter E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; introduction; 1: "A Great Many Have Come from Ireland"; 2: "A Social Combination"; 3: Irish Presbyterian Ritual and Discipline in the Pennsylvania Countryside; 4: Defining a Doctrinally Distinct Community; 5: From Insurrection to Revival; 6: Revivalism, Psalmody, and "Satanic" Ministry; 7: The Sabbath, Temperance, and Market Revolution; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index