1 option
The practice of pluralism : congregational life and religious diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730-1820 / Mark Häberlein.
LIBRA BR560.L34 H23 2009
Available from offsite location
- 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
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.