Rebuilding the Christian Commonwealth : New England congregationalists and foreign missions, 1800-1830

Rebuilding the Christian Commonwealth : New England congregationalists and foreign missions, 1800-1830 /

The foreign missionary movement of the early 19th century grew out of the efforts of churches in New England to deal with the changes then taking place in society. The erosion of traditional institutional structures and social values plus the rise of Unitarianism threatened the destruction of the tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrew, John A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Subjects:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Congregational churches > Missions.
Congregational churches > New England > History.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Congregational churches
Congregational churches > Missions
New England > Church history.
New England
Church history
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Search for Identity; 2. A Panorama of Change; 3. The New England Clergy and the Problem of Permanency; 4. The Glory Is Departed; 5. Enlisting the Public; 6. The System at Work: The Sandwich Islands Mission; 7. The Struggle for Stability; 8. Achieving Permanence; 9. Fighting the Way to Empire; Appendix: A Note on Sources; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index.

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