Scottish Covenanters and the Creation of an American Identity
In 1743, a handful of dissenting Presbyterians assembled on a Pennsylvania hillside to declare their renewal of the covenants to which their Scottish forefathers had sworn loyalty a century before. With the Octorara Declaration, the American Covenanters signaled the resurgence of politico-theologica...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2005, Volume: 83, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-70 |
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| Summary: | In 1743, a handful of dissenting Presbyterians assembled on a Pennsylvania hillside to declare their renewal of the covenants to which their Scottish forefathers had sworn loyalty a century before. With the Octorara Declaration, the American Covenanters signaled the resurgence of politico-theological ideals that had seemed to slumber as they settled in the colonies. Their historical memory and identity as the dissenting standard-bearers of Christ equipped them to persist in their anti-government stance even as other Presbyterians disapproved. American Covenanters continued to work out their identity in a new land, determined to recreate seventeenth-century Scottish political theology in the United States. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Presbyterian history
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