in this book to social history. He tells the story of religious life from the inside and from the perspective of the laity. By "reformed congregations" he means local bodies in several denominations sharing the theological heritage of John Calvin, including English and American Congregationalists and Presbyterians, the Church of Scotland, and some dissenting Scottish denominations. Cashdollar's sample is not statistically representative but is still broad, comprising 150 congregations. Because his broader narrative is about how con-
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