%0 Generic
%A Taylor, Bryce
%D 2016
%F heidok:22005
%R 10.11588/heidok.00022005
%T Unbounded Christianity: Defining Religion for Oneself in Nineteenth-Century New England through Adin Ballou
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/22005/
%X This dissertation turns specifically to the recovered writings of Reverend Adin Ballou, a historically neglected New England preacher, to re-envision and re-interpret what it meant to be a "seeker" during the religiously tumultuous antebellem era in the United States. Using Ballou as a lens, I argue that for both the pastor and practitioner, one's own understanding of religion was fluid despite denominational indentification.