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Category : Galveston (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Grace Episcopal Church, Galveston, Texas
Author: Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Galveston, Texas, 1841-1953
Author: William Manning MorganPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 878
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A History of Grace Episcopal Church
Author: Eb Carl GirvinA Brief History of Grace Episcopal Church
Author: Lone Star Steeples
Author: Pixie ChristensenPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623493943
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
In Lone Star Steeples: Historic Places of Worship in Texas, Carl J. Christensen Jr. and Pixie Christensen present sixty-five captivating and historically significant structures in exquisite watercolor illustrations accompanied by brief summaries and convenient, handcrafted maps. Ranging from stately edifices of brick and stone located in urban centers to more humble wood-frame chapels in rural surroundings, the houses of faith shown in these pages have one important trait in common: They have all served as centers of cultural identity, spiritual comfort, and public service to the communities in which they arose. In their introduction, the Christensens write, “The journey behind Lone Star Steeples crisscrossed the state along back roads, farm roads, and state highways. In these journeys and in the stories that were told, certain patterns began to emerge: the pride of the people in building their churches debt-free, the perseverance of the people who endured their beloved church being destroyed by natural disaster once, twice, or even three times . . . the people’s recognition of the church as their cultural foundation, their moral foundation, their social center.” As the Christensens demonstrate, Texas is home to a remarkable diversity of people, and their places of worship reflect and celebrate that diversity.
Grace Episcopal Church
Author: Consecration of Grace Episcopal Church
Author: Buffalo (N.Y.). Grace Episcopal ChurchPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Women, Culture, and Community
Author: Elizabeth Hayes TurnerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198028059
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Why in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did middle- and upper-class southern women-black and white-advance from the private worlds of home and family into public life, eventually transforming the cultural and political landscape of their community? Using Galveston as a case study, Elizabeth Hayes Turner asks who where the women who became activists and eventually led to progressive reforms and the women sufferage movement. Turner discovers that a majority of them came from particular congregations, but class status had as much to do with reofrm as did religious motivation. The Hurricane of 1900, disfranchisement of black voters, and the creation of city commission government gave white women the leverage they needed to fight for a women's agenda for the city. Meanwhile, African American women, who were excluded from open civic association with whites, created their own organizations, implemented their own goals, and turned their energies to resisting and alleviating the numbing effects of racism. Separately white and black women created their own activist communities. Together, however, they changed the face of this New South city. Based on an exhaustive database of membership in community organizations compiled by the author from local archives, Women, Culture, and Community will appeal to students of race relations in the post-Reconstruction South, women's history, and religious history.
A Century of Grace
Author: Grace Church (Nyack, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Category : Nyack (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Grace Church (Episcopal)
Author: Clarkesville (Ga.). Grace ChurchPublisher:
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Languages : en
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