Keywords:
New York (N.Y.)-Church history-19th century
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New York (N.Y.)-Church history-18th century
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New York (N.Y.) ; Church history ; 19th century
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New York (N.Y.) ; Church history ; 18th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
In the fifty years after the Constitution wassigned in 1787, New York City grew from a port town of 30,000 to a metropolisof over half a million residents. This rapid development transformed a oncetightknit community and its religious experience. These effects were felt byTrinity Episcopal Church, which had presented itself as a uniting influence inNew York, that connected all believers in social unity in the late colonialera. As the city grew larger, more impersonal, and socially divided, churchesreformed around race and class-based neighborhoods. Trinity's original visionof uniting the commu
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (286 p)
ISBN:
9781479814275
Series Statement:
Early American Places
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=2081627
DDC:
277.47/1081
Parallel Title:
Gundersen, Joan R. Rezensiert in [Rezension von: Bulthuis, Kyle T., Four Steeples over the City Streets: Religion and Society in New York's Early Republic Congregations]
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Pursuit of Religious, Racial, and Social Unity in an Early Republic Metropolis; 1 The Foundations of Religious Establishment: The Colonial Era; 2 Religious Establishment Challenged, Destroyed, and Re-formed: The Revolutionary Era; 3 Creating Merchant Churches: The 1790s; 4 Stepping Up and Out: White Women in the Church, 1800-1820; 5 Gendering Race in the Church: Black Male Benevolence, 1800-1820; 6 Preacher Power: Congregational Political Struggles as Social Conflicts, 1810-1830
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7 Neighborly Refinement and Withdrawal: 1820-18408 Reaping the Whirlwind: Immigration and Riot, 1830-1850; Conclusion. Elusive Unity: City Churches in a Romantic Age, after 1840; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author
