The Practice of Pluralism: Congregational Life and Religious Diversity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1730 1820 Contributor(s): Haberlein, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0271035218 ISBN-13: 9780271035215 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $94.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | History - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
Dewey: 277.481 |
LCCN: 2008050362 |
Series: Max Kade Research Institute |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
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Publisher Description: The clash of modernity and an Amish buggy might be the first image that comes to one's mind when imagining Lancaster, Pennsylvania, today. But in the early to mid-eighteenth century, Lancaster stood apart as an active and religiously diverse, ethnically complex, and bustling city. On the eve of the American Revolution, Lancaster's population had risen to nearly three thousand inhabitants; it stood as a center of commerce, industry, and trade. While the German-speaking population--Anabaptists as well as German Lutherans, Moravians, and German Calvinists--made up the majority, about one-third were English-speaking Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians, Quakers, Calvinists, and other Christian groups. A small group of Jewish families also lived in Lancaster, though they had no synagogue. Carefully mining historical records and documents, from tax records to church membership rolls, Mark H berlein confirms that religion in Lancaster was neither on the decline nor rapidly changing; rather, steady and deliberate growth marked a diverse religious population. |
Contributor Bio(s): Haberlein, Mark: - Mark Häberlein is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Bamberg, Germany. |