A History of the Congregational Churches in the United States

by Williston Walker

Publishers:

Pilgrim Press; Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society

, 1894

Overview

Seeking freedom from religious oppression and the corrupting influence of foreign cities, William Brewster led a fledgling group of 18 religious dissenters up the gangplank of the Mayflower and sailed for Plymouth. Called Separatists in their native England, they became known as Congregationalists in the New World—and their churches dominated the landscape of New England for three centuries. Williston Walker details these inauspicious origins and tracks the growth of Congregationalism in colonial America and beyond, accenting the social influence and theological ingenuity that made the movement a galvanizing force in American history.

Product Details

• Title: A History of the Congregational Churches in the United States
• Author: Williston Walker
• Edition: Third Edition
• Series: The American Church History Series
• Publishers: Pilgrim Press, Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society
• Print Publication Date: 1894
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 451
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Congregational churches › United States--History
• Resource ID: LLS:CNGRGTNLCHRSTTS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-03-10T23:29:25Z

About Williston Walker

Williston Walker (1860–1922) was the Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale University. Born in Portland, Maine, he graduated from Amherst in 1883 and studied further at Hartford Theological Seminary and then Leipzig, where he received his PhD. His other publications include The Reformation, Great Men of the Christian Church, and The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism.