Shenandoah Religion
| Author | : Stephen L. Longenecker |
| Publisher | : Baylor University Press |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780918954831 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0918954835 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shenandoah Religion by : Stephen L. Longenecker
Download or read book Shenandoah Religion written by Stephen L. Longenecker and published by Baylor University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By surveying the religiously pluralistic setting of the eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century Shenandoah Valley, Longenecker reveals how the fabric of American pluralism was woven. Calling worldliness the "mainstream" and otherworldliness, "outsidernesss," Shenandoah Religion describes the transition certain denominations made in becoming mainstream and the resistance of others in maintaining distinctive dress, manners, social relations, economics, and apolitical viewpoints.
