Storm of Words : Science, Religion, and Evolution in the Civil War Era

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Storm of Words is a study of the ways that southern Presbyterians in the wake of the Civil War contended with a host of cultural and theological questions, chief among them developments in natural history and evolution. Southern Presbyterian theologians enjoyed a prominent position in antebellum sou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hampton, Monte Harrell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Religion and science.
Presbyterian Church.
Christianity and culture.
RELIGION > Christianity > Presbyterian.
Religion et sciences.
Église presbyterienne > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Religion and Science
Christianity and culture > United States.
Presbyterian Church > Southern States > History > 19th century.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Storm of Words is a study of the ways that southern Presbyterians in the wake of the Civil War contended with a host of cultural and theological questions, chief among them developments in natural history and evolution. Southern Presbyterian theologians enjoyed a prominent position in antebellum southern culture. Respected for both their erudition and elite constituency, these theologians identified the southern society as representing a divine, Biblically ordained order. Beginning in the 1840s, however, this facile identification became more difficult to maintain, colliding.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (357 pages).
ISBN:9780817387624

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