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Religious Tests In Provincial Pennsylvania: A Paper Read Before The Historical Society Of Pennsylvania At A Meeting Held No. 9, 1885

Religious Tests In Provincial Pennsylvania: A Paper Read Before The Historical Society Of Pennsylvania At A Meeting Held No. 9, 1885

J. Stillé, Charles

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General ReferenceReligion General Regional: West

ISBN10: 9354485790
ISBN13: 9789354485794
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Oaths, conscience, and power collided in provincial Pennsylvania, shaping who could speak, vote, or govern. The stakes were starkly human. In this incisive religious history essay, Charles J. Stille traces the rise and contest of religious tests in America through the distinctive experience of colonial Pennsylvania, where Quakers in Pennsylvania, Anglicans, and other communities struggled to define liberty of conscience and public trust. First delivered as a historical society publication before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1885, it stands as a Pennsylvania colonial history book that reveals how the pattern of church and state Pennsylvania would later inherit was forged in courtroom argument, charter language, and lived faith. Focusing on eighteenth century Pennsylvania and the provincial Pennsylvania government, Stille offers a lucid study of Pennsylvania legal history that remains a valuable research reference book for history researchers, legal historians, genealogists, and interested general readers alike. Its close attention to statutes, oaths, and office-holding illuminates the larger story of colonial religious freedom and the tension between principle and power at the heart of British America. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Accessible for casual readers yet rigorous enough for classic-literature collectors, this renewed edition preserves a foundational voice in the ongoing conversation about faith, law, and citizenship.

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