Hope's Promise : Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry /

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This eloquent study describes the complex process of assimilation that occurred among multi-ethnic groups in Wachovia, the evangelical community that settled a 100,000-acre tract in Piedmont North Carolina from 1750 to 1860. It counters commonplace notions that evangelicalism was a divisive force in...

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Autor principal: Rohrer, S. Scott, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Brüdergemeine.
Acculturatie.
Herrnhutters.
Brüdergemeine
Moravians.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Evangelicalism > Social aspects.
Ethnicity.
Ethnic relations.
Christian communities.
British Americans.
Acculturation.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Frontier and pioneer life > North Carolina > Forsyth County.
Christian communities > North Carolina > Forsyth County > History.
Evangelicalism > Social aspects > North Carolina > Forsyth County > History.
Ethnicity > North Carolina > Forsyth County > History.
Acculturation > North Carolina > Forsyth County > History.
British Americans > North Carolina > Forsyth County > History.
Moravians > North Carolina > Forsyth County > History.
North Carolina.
North Carolina
North Carolina > Forsyth County.
Forsyth County (N.C.) > Religious life and customs.
Forsyth County (N.C.) > Ethnic relations.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:This eloquent study describes the complex process of assimilation that occurred among multi-ethnic groups in Wachovia, the evangelical community that settled a 100,000-acre tract in Piedmont North Carolina from 1750 to 1860. It counters commonplace notions that evangelicalism was a divisive force in the antebellum South, demonstrating instead the ability of evangelical beliefs and practices to unify diverse peoples and foster shared cultural values. In Hope's Promise, Scott Rohrer dissects the internal workings of the ecumenical Moravian movement at Wachovia-
Descripción Física:1 online resource (302 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780817387563

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