Bodies of Belief
Baptist Community in Early America
Janet Moore Lindman
2008 | 280 pages | Cloth $39.95 | Paper $22.50
American History | Religion
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Table of Contents
Introduction: A New People of God
Chapter 1: "Little Tabernacles in the Wilderness": Baptists in Colonial Pennsylvania
Chapter 2: "Sons and Daughters in Zion": Baptists in Colonial Virginia
Chapter 3: "A Heaven-Born Stroke": Evangelical Conversion
Chapter 4: "Putting on Christianity": Ritual Practice
Chapter 5: "Holy Walking and Conversation": Church Discipline
Chapter 6: Sisters in Christ: Gender and Spirituality
Chapter 7: Free People in the Lord: Race and Religion
Chapter 8: The Manly Christian: Evangelical White Manhood
Conclusion: Baptists in the Early Republic
Appendix: Baptist Ministers in the Delaware Valley and Chesapeake
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments