Download or read book Temples of Grace written by Gretchen Townsend Buggeln and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Because these new churches evoked a much-beloved myth of tightly-bound communities sharing democratic values and faith in God, they have often been romanticized as emblems of a bygone era of pastoral serenity. Yet, New England of the early nineteenth century - and its religious life in particular - was anything but tranquil. Revivalism, evangelicalism, and religious pluralism meshed with social, economic, and political dislocation to create a volatile period in which Christianity's place was uncertain."--Jacket.