The quality of mercy : Southern Baptists and social Christianity, 1890-1920 /

The Quality of Mercy challenges the stereotypical suggestion that Southern Baptists lacked social concern demonstrating that they addressed contemporary social problems from within a distinctly southern cultural context - emphasizing family and the church but valuing community as well. Harper shows...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harper, Keith, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
Southern Baptist Convention > History > 19th century.
Southern Baptist Convention > History > 20th century.
Southern Baptist Convention.
Southern Baptist Convention
1800-1999
Church work > Southern Baptist Convention > History > 19th century.
Church work > Southern Baptist Convention > History > 20th century.
Christian sociology > Baptists > History > 19th century.
Christian sociology > Baptists > History > 20th century.
Church and social problems > United States > History > 19th century.
Church and social problems > United States > History > 20th century.
Baptists > United States > History > 19th century.
Baptists > United States > History > 20th century.
Pastorale > Southern Baptist Convention > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pastorale > Southern Baptist Convention > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Église et problèmes sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Église et problèmes sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > Baptist.
Church work > Southern Baptist Convention.
Baptists.
Christian sociology > Baptists.
Church and social problems.
Kirchliche Sozialarbeit
Christianity.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Geschichte 1890-1920.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reclaiming a legacy: an assessment of Southern Baptists and the social gospel
  • Reaching the dispossessed: Southern Baptist missions and movement culture
  • Preachers and prelates: Southern Baptist leadership and the emergence of a social ethic
  • Southern Baptists, social christianity, and orphanages
  • Redeeming the mountaineers: Southern Baptists and mountain mission schools
  • Of leopard spots and Ethiopian skin: Southern Baptists and racial uplift
  • Reassessing a legacy: Southern Baptists, social christianity, and regional context.

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