|
|
Article: Who were the evangelicals?: conservative and liberal identity in the Unitarian controversy in Boston, 1804-1833. (Massachusetts)
- Article from:
- Journal of Social History
- Article date:
- December 22, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Journal of Social History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The years between 1794 and 1832 saw thousands of women and men received into membership in churches across the United States, marking an end to a drought that had left much of the religious landscape desiccated during the Revolutionary years and after. Especially in the Northeast, then rapidly being drawn into a net of complex market relationships, those entering upon the responsibilities of adulthood but also many of other life stages, and members of an emerging entrepreneurial class but also those of other stations and callings, were caught up in intensified religious expression. They experienced conversions, joined organizations designed to promote a host of benevolent ...