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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778630103321

Autore

Cooper James F (James Fenimore), <1955->

Titolo

Tenacious of their liberties [[electronic resource] ] : the Congregationalists in colonial Massachusetts / / James F. Cooper, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-774139-8

1-280-45386-9

0-19-535439-7

0-585-21175-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Religion in America series

Disciplina

285.8/744/09032

Soggetti

Congregational churches - Massachusetts - Government

Congregational churches - Massachusetts - History - 17th century

Congregational churches - Massachusetts - History - 18th century

Congregational churches - Massachusetts - Membership

Massachusetts Church history 17th century

Massachusetts Church history 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations and Editorial Policies; Introduction; 1. The Implementation of the Congregational Way; 2. ""A Mixed Form"": Clerical Authority and Lay Liberty; 3. Lay ""Rebellion"" and Clerical Reaction: Antinomianism and Its Aftermath; 4. The Presbyterian Challenge; 5. Congregationalism in Crisis: The Halfway Covenant; 6. An Uneasy Balance; 7. Declension and Reform; 8. Clerical Conflict and the Decline of Sola Scriptura; 9. Perpetuation and Disintegration; 10. The Great Awakening and the Privatization of Piety; Afterword; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction. 1. The Implementation of the Congregational Way. 2. ""A Mixed Form"": Clerical Authority and Lay Liberty. 3. Lay ""Rebellion"" and Clerical Reaction: Antinomianism and Its Aftermath. 4. The Presbyterian Challenge. 5. Congregationalism in Crisis: The Halfway Covenant. 6. An Uneasy Balance. 7. Declension and Reform. 8. Clerical Conflict and the Decline of Sola Scriptura. 9. Perpetuation and



Disintegration. 10. The Great Awakening and the Privatization of Piety