A Republic of Righteousness
Subtitle: The Public Christianity of the Post-Revolutionary New England Clergy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: September 19, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780195129892
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Christianity; Social & cultural anthropology; Church And Government; Protestantism; Religion; Religion - Church History; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; USA; Christianity - History - General; Clergy; Religion / Church History; Religion : Clergy; Church and state; Congregational churches; History; New England; Political activity
First sentence: IN A 1783 PAMPHLET titled Observations upon the Present State of the Clergy of New-England, the Rev. Peter Thacher gloomily assessed the damages that the American Revolution had inflicted on the ministerial profession in New England.