Contested Boundaries - Itinerancy and the Reshaping of the Colonial American Religious World

"Vitally fresh . . . an impressive book. The sophistication of the theoretical and historiographical introduction promises the reader that historical inquiry and interpretation of the first order await. It is a thrilling study."--Samuel S. Hill, University of Florida

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. Itinerancy in Historical Perspective 17

2. The Menace of Itinerancy 41

3. Itinerancy and the Evangelical Imagination 71

4. The Proliferation of Itinerancy 101

Conclusion: Itinerancy and the Transformation of the Early American Religious World 129

Notes 141

Index 177

About the author

Timothy D. Hall is Assistant Professor of Early American History at Central Michigan University.

Product details

• Authors: Hall, Timothy D Hall, Timothy D. Hall, Timothy D. Hall
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.1994
• EAN: 9780822315117
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1511-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 590 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous