Irish Presbyterians and the shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830

"Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830 is a historical study examining the religious culture of Irish immigrants in the early years of America. Despite fractious relations among competing sects, many immigrants shared a vision of a renewed Ireland in which their...

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1. Verfasser: Gilmore, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh, PA University of Pittsburgh Press [2018]
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  • "A great many have come from Ireland"
  • "A social combination"
  • Irish Presbyterian ritual and discipline in the Pennsylvania countryside
  • Defining a doctrinally distant community
  • From insurrection to revival
  • Revivalism, psalmody, and "satanic" ministry
  • The Sabbath, temperance, and market revolution