"This biographical reference work covers both well-known and obscure figures from a variety of backgrounds including soldiers, politicians, plantation owners, farmers, and more. Information is included for officers of the Continental Army, Navy, and Marines; leaders of state militias, for whom much information has been previously inaccessible; the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and its framers; diplomats and governors; and, importantly, the women who were instrumental during the Revolution"--Provided by publisher.

Beyond the congregation -- Setting the stage : historical contexts -- Queering the spiritual marketplace -- Negotiating religion : continuity, conversion, innovation -- Tiles in the mosaic : organizations as resources -- Building a mosaic : the sacred (and the) self -- Queer women, religion, and postmodernity.