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9780271074832 Academic Inspection Copy

The Practice of Pluralism

Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1820
  • ISBN-13: 9780271074832
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Mark Haberlein
  • Price: AUD $64.99
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  • Local release date: 05/07/2009
  • Format: Paperback 288 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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Studies the development of religious congregations in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1730 to 1820. Focuses on German Reformed, Lutherans, Moravians, Anglicans, and Presbyterians. Also examines how Roman Catholics, Jews, and African Americans were absorbed into this predominantly white Protestant society.


PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1

A Quest for Order:

The German Reformed Congregation, 1733–1775

2

Growth and Disruption: Lutherans and Moravians

3

The English Churches of Colonial Lancaster

4

Religious Pluralism in an Eighteenth-Century Town

5

Lancaster’s Churches in the New Republic

6

The Transformation of Charity, 1750–1820

Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX


“This meticulously researched book explores the complex religious landscape of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during the long eighteenth century.”

—S. E. Imhoff, Choice

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