A Church Built of Granite (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Bauhan Pub, 2026
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Paperback. This richly researched history traces four centuries of evolving faith and conscience at South Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Anchored in the heart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, A Church Built of Granite traces four centuries of faith, questioning, and community through the evolving life of South Church. It begins with a rough wooden meeting house raised by seventeenth-century English fishermen on contested Indigenous land and culminates in the solid granite church completed in 1826, where worshipers and change-seekers still gather today.Drawing on deep and thoughtful research, the history reveals how theology, geography, politics, and personality shaped a New England congregation and the town around it. Along the way, it explores shifting ideas of land ownership, religious authority, slavery, and conscience, showing how Anglicans, Puritans, Congregationalists, Unitarians, Universalists, and Indigenous peoples all left enduring marks.Vividly narrated, the book speaks to Unitarian Universalists, New England history lovers, and visitors alike. A Church Built of Granite is a portrait of a seaport community continually remaking itself--where belief evolved as surely as the land beneath it, and where faith was forged as much by debate as by devotion.Anchored in the heart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, A Church Built of Granite traces four centuries of faith, questioning, and community through the evolving life of South Church. It begins with a rough wooden meeting house raised by seventeenth-century English fishermen on contested Indigenous land and culminates in the solid granite church completed in 1826, where worshipers and change-seekers still gather today.Drawing on deep and thoughtful research, the history reveals how theology, geography, politics, and personality shaped a New England congregation and the town around it. Along the way, it explores shifting ideas of land ownership, religious authority, slavery, and conscience, showing how Anglicans, Puritans, Congregationalists, Unitarians, Universalists, and Indigenous peoples all left enduring marks.Vividly narrated, the book speaks to Unitarian Universalists, New England history lovers, and visitors alike. A Church Built of Granite is a portrait of a seaport community continually remaking itself--where belief evolved as surely as the land beneath it, and where faith was forged as much by debate as by devotion. Tracing four centuries of faith and debate, this vivid history shows how a Portsmouth church shaped a New Hampshire seaport--where land, community, and belief evolved together. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9780872334120
- Título
- A Church Built of Granite (Paperback)
- Autor
- Janet L. Polasky
- Editorial
- Bauhan Pub
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 0872334120
- ISBN 13
- 9780872334120
Anchored in the heart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, A Church Built of Granite traces four centuries of faith, questioning, and community through the evolving life of South Church. It begins with a rough wooden meeting house raised by seventeenth-century English fishermen on contested Indigenous land and culminates in the solid granite church completed in 1826, where worshipers and change-seekers still gather today.
Drawing on deep and thoughtful research, the history reveals how theology, geography, politics, and personality shaped a New England congregation and the town around it. Along the way, it explores shifting ideas of land ownership, religious authority, slavery, and conscience, showing how Anglicans, Puritans, Congregationalists, Unitarians, Universalists, and Indigenous peoples all left enduring marks.
Vividly narrated, the book speaks to Unitarian Universalists, New England history lovers, and visitors alike. A Church Built of Granite is a portrait of a seaport community continually remaking itself--where belief evolved as surely as the land beneath it, and where faith was forged as much by debate as by devotion.
Anchored in the heart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, A Church Built of Granite traces four centuries of faith, questioning, and community through the evolving life of South Church. It begins with a rough wooden meeting house raised by seventeenth-century English fishermen on contested Indigenous land and culminates in the solid granite church completed in 1826, where worshipers and change-seekers still gather today.
Drawing on deep and thoughtful research, the history reveals how theology, geography, politics, and personality shaped a New England congregation and the town around it. Along the way, it explores shifting ideas of land ownership, religious authority, slavery, and conscience, showing how Anglicans, Puritans, Congregationalists, Unitarians, Universalists, and Indigenous peoples all left enduring marks.
Vividly narrated, the book speaks to Unitarian Universalists, New England history lovers, and visitors alike. A Church Built of Granite is a portrait of a seaport community continually remaking itself--where belief evolved as surely as the land beneath it, and where faith was forged as much by debate as by devotion.
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A Presidential Professor of History Emerita at the University of New Hampshire, her teaching has been recognized by the Jean Brierley Teaching Award, the Honors Students' Teaching Award, and the Lindberg Award for Outstanding Scholar-Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts. She received her PhD in History from Stanford University and her BA from Carleton College that honored her with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023.
Lifelong Unitarian Universalists, Janet Polasky grew up in the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor and her husband William Lyons in the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists. They are members of South Church, Portsmouth, NH.
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