Islands of holiness : rural religion in upstate New York, 1790-1860 / Curtis D. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Curtis D., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious thought--New York (State)--Cortland County--History.

Religious thought.

Revivals--New York (State)--Cortland County--History--19th century.

Revivals.

History.

Cortland County (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.

Cortland County (N.Y.).

Cortland County (N.Y.)--Church history.

New York (State)--Cortland County.

Physical Description:

xiv, 214 pages : 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Fall Creek Books, 2012.

Summary:

Through an examination of religious life in a typical northern rural locale-Cortland County, New York-from 1790 to 1860, Curtis D. Johnson adds to our understanding of the Second Great Awakening, an intellectual and religious watershed in American history. Offering both quantitative and qualitative analyses of churches' memberships, ideologies, and activities, he maintains that scholars have misunderstood the historical significance of evangelicalism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Frontier churches, 1790-1815. Adapting to the New York frontier ; The Development of an island mentality

Growing churches, 1812-1843. The triumph of Arminianism ; Women: agents of the gospel message ; Denomination, institutional circumstance, and rural revivalism ; The failure of economic explanations of rural revivalism

Divided churches, 1826-1846. Discipline and the island mentality ; Competition distrupts the evangelical order ; Individualism and the embattled corporate church ; The ultratist revolt

"Modern" churches, 1846-1860. Evangelical churches search for unity ; The decline fo the island mentality ; Cotland County churches as "modern" churches

Conclusion

Appendixes. Methodological notes ; Evangelicalism in Cortland County ; Church discipline ; Religious voluntarism.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

ISBN:

9780801478437

080147843X

OCLC:

808492893

Publisher Number:

99951540903