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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hampton, Monte Harrell
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "The Presbyterian and Orthodox Idiosyncrasy of Mind"; 2. Navigating by the "Pole-Star": The Engagement with Modernity; 3. A "New and Frisky Science": Race, Religion, and the Response to Anthropology; 4. The Fidelity of a "Handmaid": Genesis and Geology in the Presbyterian South; 5. "A Revolution in Our Church": Founding and Filling the Perkins Professorship; 6. "The Serpent-Trail of Rationalism"; 7. "A Crown Pure and Bright": The Southern Presbyterian Evolution Controversy; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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