Written from the perspective of the various denominations that thrived in the 19th century, this comprehensive survey of the middle period in America's religious past actually starts a little earlier, in the 1780s. In the aftermath of the American Revolution, the citizens of the newly-minted republi
Religion in Nineteenth Century America (Religion in American Life)
โ Scribed by Grant Wacker
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 193
- Category
- Library
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