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Law in American meetinghouses : church discipline and civil authority in Kentucky, 1780-1845 / Jeffrey Thomas Perry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, Jeffrey Thomas, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Faith-based dispute resolution--United States--History--19th century.
- Faith-based dispute resolution.
- Faith-based dispute resolution--Kentucky--History--19th century.
- Ecclesiastical courts--United States--History--19th century.
- Ecclesiastical courts.
- Church and state--United States--History--19th century.
- Church and state.
- United States.
- Kentucky.
- United States--Histoire religieuse--19e siecle.
- United States--Church history--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (approximately 208 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Ultimately, it highlights an oft-forgotten way that Americans subtly repositioned religious institutions alongside state authority.
- Contents:
- "The want of discipline" : Baptist Churches and local law in frontier Kentucky
- Churches' "perplexing difficulties" : race, gender, and household relations
- A "habitation of justice?" : the market revolution and the search for dispassionate arbitration
- "The putrid carnage of contention" : religious insurgency and church authority
- "A great curse to the neighborhood " : church property disputes and state authority.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Perry, Jeffrey Thomas Law in American Meetinghouses
- ISBN:
- 9781421443089
- 1421443082
- OCLC:
- 1291312399
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