Law in American meetinghouses : church discipline and civil authority in Kentucky, 1780-1845 /
Perry, Jeffrey Thomas,1984-author.
"A revealing look at the changing role of churches in the decades after the American Revolution"--
Based on author's thesis (doctoral-Purdue University, 2015) issued under title: Protectors of the peace : Baptist church tribunals and the construction of American religious and civil authority, 1780-1860.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The want of discipline" : Baptist Churches and local law in frontier Kentucky -- Churches' "perplexing difficulties" : race, gender, and household relations -- A "habitation of justice?" : the market revolution and the search for dispassionate arbitration -- "The putrid carnage of contention" : religious insurgency and church authority -- "A great curse to the neighborhood " : church property disputes and state authority -- Conclusion.
"A revealing look at the changing role of churches in the decades after the American Revolution"--
Faith-based dispute resolution
Ecclesiastical courts
Baptists
Baptists
Church and state
Faith-based dispute resolution
Baptists
Church and state.
Ecclesiastical courts.