Part of the Denominations in America series, this is a scholarly survey of the Congregationalist tradition from the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay settlements through the Cambridge Platform, the Saybrook Platform, the National Council and into the twentieth century mergers. Use for the tradition's own polity history and its pre-1931 and pre-1957 mergers.
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Published by Greenwood Press as part of the academic Denominations in America series, J. William T. Youngs's scholarly survey of Congregationalist tradition history, university-level reference scholarship. NotesDenominations in America series volume on the Congregationalist tradition, from the New England founding through the twentieth century mergers.
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AuthorJ. William T. Youngs
PublisherGreenwood Press
Publication Year1998
Source TypeBook (scholarly)
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