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By surveying the religiously pluralistc setting of the 18th and early 19th century Shenandoah Valley, Longenecker reveals how the fabric of American pluralism was woven. Calling worldliness the "mainstream" and otherworldliness, "outsiderness," Shenandoan Religion describes the transition certain denominations made in becoming mainstream and the resistance of others in maintaining disctinctive dress, manners, social relations, economies, and apolitical viewpoints.Longenecker, Stephen L. is the author of 'Shenandoah Religion Outsiders and the Mainstream, 1716-1865' with ISBN 9780918954831 and ISBN 0918954835.
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