Revivalism, Social Conscience, and Community in the Burned-Over District: January 4, 1782-December 29, 1785

by Glenn C. Altschuler and Jan M. Saltzgaber

Book Overview

In 1843 in Seneca Falls, New York, Rhonda Bement was brought before a disciplinary trial at her church, the First Presbyterian Church, charged with unchristian and unladylike behavior. Her transgression was to challenge the authority and integrity of her minister because he had refused to read to the congregation her announcement about abolitionist lectures taking place in the village, and she was eventually excommunicated. The transcript of her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801492467
• ISBN13: 9780801492464
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher