Keepers of the Covenant: Frontier Missions and the Decline of Congregationalism, 1774-1818

by James R. Rohrer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195091663
• ISBN13: 9780195091663
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12