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The spice of popery : converging Christianities on an early American frontier / Laura M. Chmielewski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chmielewski, Laura M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protestantism--Maine--History--17th century.
- Protestantism.
- Protestantism--Maine--History--18th century.
- Maine--Church history.
- Maine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Laura Chmielewski provides an important new interpretation of the borderlands between French and English settlements in North America between 1688 to 1727.
- Contents:
- Brief chronology : the province of Maine, 1688/1727
- Introduction
- "The land that was desolate ... shall flourish like the lily" : Christian diversity in early Maine
- "Satan's prey" or "l'esclavage de l'hérésie calviniste" : the imperial battles for Maine's frontier souls
- "Pits of hell" and "ménage des anges" : the Protestant dilemma of sacramental marriage
- The ways of Christian industry : missions and ministries on the Maine frontier
- Protestant ornaments and popish relics : Maine's material culture of lived religion
- "The Lord ... will greatly reward me" : the religious dimensions of worldly goods
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-268-07694-4
- OCLC:
- 797816861
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