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The Great Revival : beginnings of the Bible belt /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1996.
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| Colección: | Religion in the South ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 toward God. Converted southerners were starkly individualistic, interested more in gaining personal salvation in a hopelessly evil world than in improving society. As Boles shows in this landmark study, the effect of the Revival was to throw over the region a conservative cast that remains dominant in c. |
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| Notas: | Revised edition of: The Great Revival, 1787-1805. 1972. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 236 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813170656 9780813170657 |