Frontier Mission : A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861 /

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In this first major study of religion in the South prior to the Civil War, Mr. Posey surveys the work of seven chief denominations -- Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Disciples of Christ, Cumberland Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and Protestant Episcopal -- as they developed in the present states of...

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Auteur principal: Posey, Walter Brownlow, 1900-1988
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : University of Kentuky Press, 1966.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Missions.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > Baptist.
Missions > Southern States.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Into the Valley
  • The early camp meeting era
  • Some denominational splinters
  • Two new denominations
  • Practices of local churches
  • Government of the churches
  • The Indians
  • The Negroes
  • Catholic expansion
  • Media of education
  • Reform and discipline
  • The slavery problem before the 1840s
  • Crises and divisions
  • On the eve of the Civil War
  • The balance sheet.

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