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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Häberlein, Mark, author.

Series:

Max Kade German-American Research Institute series.

Max Kade German-American Research Institute series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Religious pluralism.

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

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

Lancaster (Pa.).

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

Physical Description:

xi, 276 p.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271078137

0271078138

9780271050225

0271050225

OCLC:

966926249