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Scattered as Christians Are in This Part of Our Country: Layfolk's Reading, Writing, and Religious Community in New England's Northern Frontier, 17801830

A far-reaching literate culture united northern New England's laity during the early republic and gave rise to a religious public sphere in which distant believers found spiritual sustenance. In a region where religious institutions were fragile, reading and writing supplemented churchgoing and formed a cornerstone of religious life and community.