Introduction: The Pursuit of Religious, Racial, and Social Unity in an Early Republic Metropolis
1. The Foundations of Religious Establishment: The Colonial Era
2. Religious Establishment Challenged, Destroyed, and Re-formed: The Revolutionary Era
3. Creating Merchant Churches: The 1790s
4. Stepping Up and Out: White Women in the Church, 1800-1820
5. Gendering Race in the Church: Black Male Benevolence, 1800-1820
6. Preacher Power: Congregational Political Struggles as Social Conflicts, 1810-1830
7. Neighborly Refinement and Withdrawal: 1820-1840
8. Reaping the Whirlwind: Immigration and Riot, 1830-1850
Conclusion. Elusive Unity: City Churches in a Romantic Age, after 1840
