TRTR(1) Religious References in Chapter 1

[Michael Bailey]

aren't a lot of John Updike's characters Congregationalists?

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:22 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> The "independent" strain of Congregationalism is important,
> emphasizing the local control of specific churches by the independent
> congregations.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_church
>
> Many Congregational churches claim their descent from the original
> Congregational churches, a family of Protestant denominations formed
> on a theory of union published by the theologian Robert Browne in
> 1592. They arose from the Nonconformist religious movement in England
> during the Puritan reformation of the Church of England. In Great
> Britain, the early congregationalists were called separatists or
> independents to distinguish themselves from the similarly Calvinistic
> Presbyterians. Some congregationalists there still call themselves
> "Independents", see Independent (religion).
>
> Congregational churches became widely established in the Massachusetts
> Bay Colony, later New England. The model of Congregational churches
> was carried by migrating settlers from New England into New York and
> the Old Northwest: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. With their
> insistence on the independence of local bodies, they became important
> in many reform movements, including those for abolition of slavery,
> and women's suffrage.
>
> As of the early 21st century, Congregationalism in the U.S. had split
> into three major bodies: the United Church of Christ, which most local
> Congregational churches affiliated with; the National Association of
> Congregational Christian Churches, a fellowship of churches and
> individuals formed to continue and foster classic Congregationalism as
> the merger that created the UCC was being debated; and the
> Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, an evangelical
> group.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com> wrote:>
>> ***Gwyon is the pastor of the First Congregational Church.
>> Congregationalism is a fascinating denomination, in that it can
>> encompass a very progressive social outlook (the Congregationalists
>> were central to the abolitionist and suffragist movements) and very
>> austere or even severe theological mindset.  Rev.  Gwyon and Aunt May
>> or two different sides of the same Congregational coin.
>



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