The practice of pluralism : congregational life and religious diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1820 / Mark Häberlein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Häberlein, Mark.

Series:

Max Kade German-American Research Institute series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism.

History.

Lancaster (Pa.)--Church history--18th century.

Lancaster (Pa.).

Religious pluralism--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History--18th century.

Lancaster (Pa.)--Church history--19th century.

Religious pluralism--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History--19th century.

Pennsylvania--Lancaster.

Physical Description:

xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]

Summary:

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A quest for order : the German Reformed congregation, 1733-1775

Growth and disruption : Lutherans and Moravians

The English churches of colonial Lancaster

Religious pluralism in an eighteenth-century town

Lancaster's churches in the new republic

The transformation of charity, 1750-1820.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271035215

0271035218

OCLC:

276514963