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Keepers of the covenant : frontier missions and the decline of Congregationalism, 1774-1818 / James R. Rohrer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rohrer, James R. (James Russell), 1960- author.
- Series:
- Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Religion in America series
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missionary Society of Connecticut--History.
- Missionary Society of Connecticut.
- Missions--Northeastern States.
- Missions.
- Congregational churches--Northeastern States--History--18th century.
- Congregational churches.
- Congregational churches--Northeastern States--History--19th century.
- Northeastern States--Church history--18th century.
- Northeastern States.
- Northeastern States--Church history--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 201 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first book-length treatment of its topic, this study is aimed at abolishing the old cliche that Congregationalism failed to adapt to the democratizing culture of the westward migration. Drawing on hundreds of previously unused letters, journals, and sermons, the author argues that Congregational missionaries were aggressive evangelists who successfully adjusted to the egalitarian demands of the early republican frontier. Keepers of the Covenant critically examines the various explanations for the decline of Congregationalism after the American Revolution, and in the process, overturns gene
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Historians and Congregational Evangelism; 2. The Missionary Impulse; 3. The Committee on Missions, 1792-1797; 4. The Connecticut Missionary Society; 5. CMS Missionaries and Revivalism; 6. The CMS and the Republican Frontier; 7. The CMS and Republican Religion; 8. Congregational Declension Reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773983-0
- 1-280-53495-8
- 0-19-535795-7
- OCLC:
- 252607298
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