Religion in the South – serie
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11 produkter
Great Revival
Beginnings of the Bible Belt
Av John B Boles
Häftad, 1996
445 kr
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Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelicals, John Boles asserts that the extraordinary crowds and miraculous transformations that distinguished the South's First Great Awakening were not simply instances of emotional excess but the expression of widespread and complex attitudes …
Can Somebody Shout Amen!
Inside the Tents and Tabernacles of American Revivalists
Av Patsy Sims
Häftad, 1996
617 kr
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" Award-winning journalist Patsy Sims journeyed through the back roads of the South, along the sawdust trail, to take part in the lives of seven American revivalists, their families, crew members, and followers. She attended services conducted by Pentecostal evangelists, with audiences ranging from …
Genealogy of Dissent
Southern Baptist Protest in the Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 2000
590 kr
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Between the Civil War and the turn of the last century, Southern Baptists gained prominence in the religious life of the South. As their power increased, they became defenders of the racial, political, social, and economic status quo. By the beginning of this century, however, a feisty tradition of …
Serving Two Masters
Moravian Brethren in Germany and North Carolina, 1727-1801
Inbunden, 2000
430 kr
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The eighteenth century was a time of significant change in the perception of marriage and family relations, the emphasis of reason over revelation, and the spread of political consciousness. The Unity of the Brethren, known in America as Moravians, experienced the resulting tensions firsthand as …
William Louis Poteat
A Leader of the Progressive-Era South
Inbunden, 2000
531 kr
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William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a conservative Baptist slaveholder, became one of the most outspoken southern liberals during his lifetime. He was a rarity in the South for openly teaching evolution beginning in the 1880s, and during his tenure as president of Wake Forest College …
All According to God's Plan
Southern Baptist Missions and Race, 1945-1970
Inbunden, 2004
663 kr
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Southern Baptists had long considered themselves a missionary people, but when, after World War II, they embarked on a dramatic expansion of missionary efforts, they confronted headlong the problem of racism. Believing that racism hindered their evangelical efforts, the Convention's full-time …
God's Rascal
J. Frank Norris and the Beginnings of Southern Fundamentalism
Häftad, 2010
596 kr
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Colorful and outrageous, influential yet despicable, J. Frank Norris was a preacher, newspaper publisher, political activist, and all-around subject of controversy. One of the most despised men in traditional Southern Baptist circles, he was also the man most responsible for bringing hard-edged …
Episcopalians and Race
Civil War to Civil Rights
Häftad, 2003
517 kr
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Meeting at an African American college in North Carolina in 1959, a group of black and white Episcopalians organized the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity and pledged to oppose all distinctions based on race, ethnicity, and social class. They adopted a motto derived from Psalm 133: …
When Slavery Was Called Freedom
Evangelicalism, Proslavery, and the Causes of the Civil War
Häftad, 2004
458 kr
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When Slavery Was Called Freedom uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds linking the combatants in the Civil War era and boldly reinterprets the intellectual foundations of secession. John Patrick Daly dissects the evangelical defense of slavery at the heart of the nineteenth century's sectional …
Roots of Appalachian Christianity
The Life and Legacy of Elder Shubal Stearns
Häftad, 2005
549 kr
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Appalachia's distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched, native Appalachian sects are labeled as ultraconservative, primitive, and fatalistic, and the actions of minority sub-groups such as "snake …
Coat of Many Colors
Religion and Society along the Cape Fear River of North Carolina
Häftad, 2009
517 kr
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While religious diversity is often considered a relatively recent phenomenon in America, the Cape Fear region of North Carolina has been a diverse community since the area was first settled. The Cape Fear River and the port city of Wilmington were more urban than the rest of the state; thus the …
