Author
S. Scott Rohrer
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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Published
December 2014
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Author
S. Scott Rohrer
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Published
December 2014
£44.69
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Wandering Souls
Today's Price £44.69
Popular literature and frontier studies stress that Americans moved west to farm or to seek a new beginning. Scott Rohrer argues that Protestant migrants in early America relocated in search of salvation, Christian community, reform, or all three. In Wandering Souls , Rohrer examines the migration patterns of eight religious groups and finds that Protestant migrations consisted of two basic types. The most common type involved migrations motivated by religion, economics, and family, in which Puritans, Methodists, Moravians, and others headed to the frontier as individuals in search of religious and social fulfillment. The other type involved groups wanting to escape persecution (such as the Mormons) or to establish communities where they could practice their faith in peace (such as the Inspirationists). Rohrer concludes that the two migration types shared certain traits, despite the great variety of religious beliefs and experiences, and that ""secular"" values infused the behavior of nearly all Protestant migrants. Religion's role in transatlantic migrations is well known, but its importance to the famed mobility of Americans is far less understood.
Wandering Souls demonstrates that Protestantism greatly influenced internal migration and the social and economic development of early America.
Author
S. Scott Rohrer
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Published
December 2014
Edition
1st New edition
Weight
500g
Page Count
328
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 19 mm
ISBN
9781469615073
ISBN-10
146961507X
Eden Code
4321040
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Author/Creator: S. Scott Rohrer
ISBN: 9781469615073
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Release Date: December 2014
Weight: 500g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 19 mm
Eden Code: 4321040