God's Rascal : J. Frank Norris and the Beginnings of Southern Fundamentalism /

Colorful and outrageous, influential yet despicable, J. Frank Norris was a preacher, newspaper publisher, political activist, and all-around subject of controversy. One of the most despised men in traditional Southern Baptist circles, he was also the man most responsible for bringing hard-edged fund...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hankins, Barry, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Norris, J. Frank > (John Frank), > 1877-1952.
Fundamentalism.
Baptists > Clergy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Fondamentalisme > Histoire.
Baptistes > États-Unis > Clerge > Biographies.
Fundamentalism > History.
Baptists > United States > Clergy > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Colorful and outrageous, influential yet despicable, J. Frank Norris was a preacher, newspaper publisher, political activist, and all-around subject of controversy. One of the most despised men in traditional Southern Baptist circles, he was also the man most responsible for bringing hard-edged fundamentalism to the South. Barry Hankins traces Norris, the ""Texas Cyclone, "" from his boyhood in small-town Texas to his death in 1952. Despite scandals, Norris was a man of considerable public influence who traveled the owrkd, corresponded with congressmen, and attended president's Hoover's inagura.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9780813149899

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