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Hope's Promise : Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780817387563 |