Methodism and the southern mind, 1770-1810 /

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Early Methodism was a despised and outcast movement that attracted the least powerful members of Southern societyslaves, white women, poor and struggling white men - and invested them with a sense of worth and agency. Methodists created a public sphere where secular rankings, patriarchal order, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lyerly, Cynthia Lynn, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Subjects:
Methodist Church > Southern States > History.
Église méthodiste > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > Methodist.
Methodist Church
Methodisme.
Southern States
Zuidelijke staten.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Revolutions civil and religious: Methodist beginnings in America
  • The marrow of the Methodist self: doctrines, values, and practices
  • Slaves and free blacks in the church
  • The poverty of riches: Methodists and class
  • "Mothers in Israel": white women in the church
  • Slavery, racism, and the master-slave relationship
  • Turning the world upside down: the stakes of the conflict.

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