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Keepers of the Covenant: Frontier Missions and the Decline of Congregationalism, 1774-1818 (Religion in America) by James Russell Rohrer is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Keepers of the Covenant: Frontier Missions and the Decline of Congregationalism, 1774-1818 (Religion in America) about?
The first book-length treatment of its topic, this study is aimed at abolishing the old cliche that Congregationalism failed to adapt to the democratizing culture of the westward migration. Drawing on hundreds of previously unused letters, journals, and sermons, the author argues that Congregational missionaries were aggressive evangelists who successfully adjusted to the egalitarian demands of the early republican frontier. Keepers of the Covenant critically examines the various explanations fo
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It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- James Russell Rohrer
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195357950
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, History, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-16
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