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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Inventory of the Church Archives of North Carolina
Author: Inventory of the Church Archives of North Carolina. Southern Baptist Convention. Raleigh Association
Author: Historical Records Survey of North CarolinaPublisher:
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Category : Baptist associations
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
God's Almost Chosen Peoples
Author: George C. RablePublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807899313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Lincoln Prize-winning historian George C. Rable offers a groundbreaking account of how Americans of all political and religious persuasions used faith to interpret the course of the war. Examining a wide range of published and unpublished documents--including sermons, official statements from various churches, denominational papers and periodicals, and letters, diaries, and newspaper articles--Rable illuminates the broad role of religion during the Civil War, giving attention to often-neglected groups such as Mormons, Catholics, blacks, and people from the Trans-Mississippi region. The book underscores religion's presence in the everyday lives of Americans north and south struggling to understand the meaning of the conflict, from the tragedy of individual death to victory and defeat in battle and even the ultimate outcome of the war. Rable shows that themes of providence, sin, and judgment pervaded both public and private writings about the conflict. Perhaps most important, this volume--the only comprehensive religious history of the war--highlights the resilience of religious faith in the face of political and military storms the likes of which Americans had never before endured.
The North Carolina Historical Review
Author: A History of the Liberty Baptist Association
Author: Henry SheetsPublisher:
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Confederate Imprints
Author: T. Michael ParrishPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
William Louis Poteat
Author: Randal L. HallPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813157684
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a conservative Baptist slaveholder, became one of the most outspoken southern liberals during his lifetime. He was a rarity in the South for openly teaching evolution beginning in the 1880s, and during his tenure as president of Wake Forest College (1905-1927) his advocacy of social Christianity stood in stark contrast to the zeal for practical training that swept through the New South's state universities. Exceptionally frank in his support of evolution, Poteat believed it represented God at work in nature. Despite repeated attacks in the early 1920s, Poteat stood his ground on this issue while a number of other professors at southern colleges were dismissed for teaching evolution. One of the few Baptists who stressed the social duties of Christians, Poteat led numerous campaigns during the Progressive era for reform on such issues as public education, child labor, race relations, and care of the mentally ill. His convictions were grounded in a respect for high culture and learning, a belief in the need for leadership, and a deep-seated faith in God. Poteat also embodied the struggle with the intellectual compromises that tortured contemporary social critics in the South. Though he took a liberal position on numerous issues, he was a staunch advocate for prohibition and became a strong supporter of eugenics, a position he adopted after following his beliefs in a natural hierarchy and absolute moral order to their ultimate conclusion. Randal Hall's revisionist biography presents a nuanced portrait of Poteat, shedding new light on southern intellectual life, religious development, higher education, and politics in the region during his lifetime.
Minutes of the ... Annual Session
Author: Union County Baptist Association (S.C.)Publisher:
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Category : Baptist associations
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Minutes of the ... Annual Session
Author: Magee's Creek Baptist Association (La. and Miss.)Publisher:
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Category : Baptist associations
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Minutes of the Forty-eighth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association (Ala.) 1883
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385314399
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.