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A perfect freedom : religious liberty in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17125
Author
Frost, J. William
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
323.44 F939
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by J. William Frost.
ISBN
0271010916 (pbk. : acid free)
9780271010915 (pbk. : acid free)
Author
Frost, J. William
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
x, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1990, in series: Cambridge studies in religion and American public life. With new introd.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.
Contents
Chapters: The creation of religious liberty in early Pennsylvania -- Pacifism and religious liberty -- The clergy and religious liberty -- Religious liberty in the revolution -- Religious liberty and the Republic -- Politicians debate religious liberty -- The churches and religious liberty -- The legal implications of religious liberty -- Religious liberty and the Catholic and Jewish minorities.
Summary
Using a wide variety of sources-legal documents, church records, sermons, political tracts, diaries, newspapers, and government records-this book traces Pennsylvania's distinctive religious and political development, how it has influenced the nation and how, in turn, the nation has impacted upon it. The book covers the ongoing discussions about pacifism, rights for Jews and blacks, prayer in public schools, Sunday legislation, and other religious topics from William Penn's time through to World War II. It demonstrates how Pennsylvania developed a tradition of actively promoting religion that, after World War II, resulted in U.S. Supreme Court rulings that cited the state for violations of First Amendment rights. [from the publisher]
Subjects
Freedom of religion - Pennsylvania
Religion and state - Pennsylvania
Constitutional history - Pennsylvania.
liberte religieuse - Pennsylvanie (Etats-Unis)
Pennsylvania - Religion.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
323.44 F939
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Faith of our fathers : religion and the New Nation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19150
Author
Gaustad, Edwin S.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1987.
Call Number
322.10973 G274
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Responsibility
Edwin S. Gaustad.
ISBN
0062503472
9780062503473
Author
Gaustad, Edwin S.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
San Francisco
Publisher
Harper & Row,
Date of Publication
c1987.
Physical Description
196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [187]-190.
Contents
The colonies and their churches -- The libertarians: Jefferson and Madison -- The icons: Franklin and Washington -- The philosophies: Adams and Jefferson -- The churches and the people.
Subjects
Christianity and politics - United States
Staat
Kirche
Geschichte (1776-1826)
Christianity and politics.
Religion.
United States - Religion - To 1800.
United States - Religion - 19th century.
USA
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
322.10973 G274
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God bless this house : the printed house blessings (Haus-Segen) of the Pennsylvania Germans 1780-1921

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20640
Author
Earnest, Russell D.,
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
745.67 E12
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Responsibility
Russell D. Earnest, Corinne P. Earnest, and Patricia Earnest Suter.
ISBN
1879311224
9781879311220
Author
Earnest, Russell D.,
Place of Publication
Clayton, DE
Publisher
Russell D. Earnest Associates,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
128 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.
An example of a house blessing can be found here: https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/5861
Summary
This book features printed house blessings, a type of Pennsylvania German broadside that is often classified with fraktur because major fraktur artists decorated them. In fact, as God Bless This House points out, few fraktur artists made freehand examples of these blessings, but some artists designed press-printed examples, and many others added color and freehand artwork to printed sheets.
Subjects
Printing - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Broadsides - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Pennsylvania Dutch
Folk religion - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
House blessings - Pennsylvania.
German Americans
Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Additional Author
Earnest, Corinne P.,
Suter, Patricia,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.67 E12
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The Second Adventists, or Millerites

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo954
Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Date of Publication
1905
THE SECOND ADVENTISTS, OR MILLERITES. To present a better idea of the local history of this peculiar religion, I shall devote some space to the rise and growth of the Second Adventists throughout the United States, giving such facts concerning their general belief which I could obtain from a dili
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Responsibility
by D. B. Landis.
Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[47]-58 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 3
Subjects
Miller, William, - 1782-1849.
Millerite movement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Religion.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 3 (1905), p. 47-58Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Mortal remains : death in early America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14627
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
306.9 M887
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Responsibility
edited by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein.
ISBN
0812236785 (cloth : alk. paper)
081221823X (paper : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
viii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-245) and index.
Subjects
Death - United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Thanatology - United States.
Attitude to Death - United States.
Funeral Rites - United States.
Literature, Modern - United States.
Religion and Psychology - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - Social life and customs - 19th century.
Additional Author
Isenberg, Nancy.
Burstein, Andrew.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 M887
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The idea of God as affected by modern knowledge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16176
Author
Bixler, Julius Seelye,
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
230 B624
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Responsibility
Julius Seelye Bixler.
Author
Bixler, Julius Seelye,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Garvin Trust,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
16.; 18cm.
Series
The Garvin lectures, 1950.
Notes
"Lecture delivered at the Church of our Father (Unitarian) Lancaster, Pa. on Dec. 11, 1950 as 11th Garvin Free lecture."
Subjects
God.
Religion and science
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
230 B624
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Religion and revolution : options in 1776

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10645
Author
Durnbaugh, Donald F.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.1, no.3
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Author
Durnbaugh, Donald F.
Physical Description
2-9 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v.1, no.3 (July 1978).
Subjects
War and religion.
American Loyalists.
Conscientious objectors.
Mennonites.
United States
Religious liberty.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.1, no.3
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William Penn and toleration : foundations of colonial Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13700
Author
Schwartz, Sally.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v. 50
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by Sally Schwartz.
Author
Schwartz, Sally.
Physical Description
p. 284 - 312.
Notes
Pennsylvania History, v. 50 (1983).
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Freedom of religion - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v. 50
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Religious liberty in early Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14164
Author
Frost, J. William
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  1 website  
Responsibility
by J. William Frost.
Author
Frost, J. William
Physical Description
419-451 p.
Summary
"Penn stood for both civil and religious liberty. The Quakers' battles among themselves and with the Church of England also broke down restrictions. Friends learned to accept limitations on their power and Anglicans came to accept a minority status. By the 1720s both denominations agreed to live with each other, to cooperate on certain issues, and to assert their differences in the context of a broader agreement on the function of religious values within the society. The British government, paranoid over Roman Catholics, but sympathetic to Anglican and Quaker pressures, also helped foster thepattern of Protestant freedoms by balancing the demandsof both groups. Finally, least important in the creation of toleration but of great ultimate significance in preserving such liberty, was the bewildering variety of religious sects and churches which populated eighteenth century Pennsylvania. Attracted by toleration and enthusiastic about freedom, the laity created churches which enforcedmoral standards, trumpeted distinctive doctrines and practices, and rejoiced in the conditions of civil and religious liberty." [from the author]
Subjects
Freedom of religion - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History. - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 105, number 4 (October 1981), p. 419-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.105
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/43768/43489
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William Penn's experiment in the wilderness: promise and legend

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14220
Author
Frost, J. William
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.107
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  1 website  
Responsibility
by J. William Frost.
Author
Frost, J. William
Physical Description
577-605.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography v.107 (1983).
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Freedom of religion - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - Colonial period ca. 1600-1775/
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.107
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/43943/43664
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