Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps and Tables ix
4. Illustrations x
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction xiii
7. The Radical Evangelical Paradigm Established: The Maritime Experience
8. Henry Alline (1748–1784): The Shaping of the Conversion Paradigm 5
9. William Black (1760–1834): Methodist New Light? 19
10. David George (1743–1810): Black Nova Scotian New Light Baptist 33
11. Freeborn Garrettson (1752–1827): A Methodist New Light 44
12. Harris Harding (1761–1854): An Allinite New Light Indeed 58
13. The Evolving Radical Evangelical Ethos of Canada: From Nova Scotia to Upper Canada and Back
14. The Nova Scotia New Lights: From the Bottom Up, 1785–1793 77
15. The Canada Fire: Methodist Radical Evangelicalism in Upper Canada, 1784–1812 102
16. “A Total Revolution in Religious and Civil Government”: The Evolving Radical Evangelical Ethos of British North America, 1775–1812 124
17. The Evangelical Rituals: Camp Meetings, Believer's Baptism, and the Long Communion
18. “A Powerful Means of Awakening and Converting Souls”: The Hay Bay Camp Meeting, September 1805 143
19. The Rage for Dipping: Joseph Crandall, Elijah Estabrooks, and Believer's Baptism, 1795–1800 162
20. New Lights, Presbyterians, James MacGregor, and Nova Scotia's First Long Communion, July 1788 185
21. Conclusion 207
22. Notes 213
23. Index 241