Research Catalog

Title

Zion on the Hudson : Dutch New York and New Jersey in the age of revivals / Firth Haring Fabend.

Author

Fabend, Firth Haring, 1937-

Publication

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2000.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xvi, 284 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "The Dutch came to the New World in the seventeenth century as explorers and traders, but religion soon followed, for it was accepted in the Netherlands that state and church were mutually benefited by advancing the "true Christian religion." The influence of "Dutchness"--Defined as loyalty to what are presumed to be the distinctive qualities of Dutch national character and culture - persisted in New York and New Jersey for more than two hundred years after Dutch emigration ended. Why?"
• "Firth Haring Fabend finds the explanation in the devotion of the Reformed Dutch Church membership to the doctrines and traditions of their religion. She looks at both the larger themes in American history and at the beliefs and behaviors of individuals in this often-neglected ethnic group. Thus, Zion on the Hudson presents both a broad and an intimate look at the way one mainstream Protestant denomination dealt with the transformative events of the evangelical era."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Dutch Americans > New York (State) > Religion
• Dutch Americans > New Jersey > Religion
• Reformed Church > New York (State) > History > 19th century
• Reformed Church > New Jersey > History > 19th century
• Dutch Americans > New York (State) > History > 19th century
• Dutch Americans > New Jersey > History > 19th century
• 11.55 Protestantism
• Dutch Americans
• Dutch Americans > Religion
• Reformed Church
• Religion
• Einwanderer
• Gereformeerden
• Nederlanders
• Opwekkingsbewegingen
• Reformed Church in America
• New York (State) > Church history > 19th century
• New Jersey > Church history > 19th century
• New Jersey
• New York (State)
• New York, NY
• Niederlande

Genre/Form

• Church history
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-266) and index.

Contents

1. Being Dutch and Being the Reformed Dutch Church -- 2. "So Like Heaven": The Synod of Dort -- 3. 1820s: Arraying for a New Century -- 4. "Our Reformed Zion," 1830-1860 -- 5. Pulpit and Pew: A Portrait -- 6. Good Year in Zion -- 7. Family: A Nursery of Godliness -- 8. World: "Living Only to Be Useful" -- 9. Evangelical Way of Death -- 10. "New American Thing," 1850-1876 -- App. Deathbed Scene of Maria Vredenburgh.

ISBN

• 0813527716
• 9780813527710

LCCN

99043168

OCLC

• ocm42080243
• 42080243
• SCSB-1137312

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library