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Gathered into a Church : Indigenous-English Congregationalism in Woodland New England.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers-Stokes, Lori.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Miller, Thomas, 17th century.
- Chalcom, Jacob, 18th century.
- Cole, Ezekiel, 18th century.
- New England theology.
- Indians of North America in textbooks.
- Local Subjects:
- Miller, Thomas, 17th century.
- Chalcom, Jacob, 18th century.
- Cole, Ezekiel, 18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Uncovering how and where Indigenous and settler communities found common ground using newly public church records Puritans in the American colonies created Congregationalism, a Protestant denomination where power rested in each congregation rather than a larger central body.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Forword
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Naming
- Introduction
- Part One: Church and Congregation in Woodland New England
- Chapter One: Congregational Kinship
- Chapter Two: More
- Chapter Three: Questioning the Authenticity of Indigenous Conversion
- Part Two: Church Bodies at Work in Agawam/Rowley and N'ahteuk/Natick
- Chapter Four: Thomas Miller's Tale
- Chapter Five: Jacob Chalcom's Cases
- Part Three: Congregational Innovation on Noepe/Martha's Vineyard and in Hassanamesit/Grafton
- Chapter Six: "Give him a lift toward heaven"
- Chapter Seven: The Note Writer of Hassanamesit/Grafton
- Chapter Eight: Church Belonging and the Halfway Covenant in Hassanamesit/Grafton
- Part Four: Mixed Church Bodies Sabotaged in Hassanamesit/Grafton and N'ahteuk/Natick
- Chapter Nine: Finding Ezekiel Cole
- Chapter Ten: The Note Writer of N'ahteuk/Natick
- Chapter Eleven: Death of a Church Body
- Conclusion: Haunted Houses
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-68575-189-X
- 9781685751890
- OCLC:
- 1570385755
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