Author: North Carolina. Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
North Carolina Manual
Author: North Carolina. Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
The Roots of Appalachian Christianity
Author: Elder John SparksPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813158397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Appalachia's distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched, native Appalachian sects are labeled as ultraconservative, primitive, and fatalistic, and the actions of minority sub-groups such as "snake handlers" are associated with all worshippers in the region. Yet these churches that many regard as being outside the mainstream are living examples of America's own religious heritage. The emotional and experience-based religion that still thrives in Appalachia is very much at the heart of American worship. The lack of a recognizable "father figure" like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox compounds the mystery of Appalachia's religious origins. Ordained minister John Sparks determined that such a person must have existed, and his search turned up a man less literate, urbane, and well-known than Luther, Calvin, and Knox—but no less charismatic and influential. Shubal Stearns, a New England Baptist minister, led a group of sixteen Baptists—now dubbed "The Old Brethren" by Old School Baptists churches in Appalachia—from New England to North Carolina in the mid-eighteenth century. His musical "barking" preaching is still popular, and the association of churches that he established gave birth to many of the disparate denominations prospering in the region today. A man lacking in the scholarship of his peers but endowed with the eccentricities that would make their mark on Appalachian faith, Stearns has long been an object of shame among most Baptist historians. In The Roots of Appalachian Christianity, Sparks depicts an important religious figure in a new light. Poring over pages of out-of-print and little-used histories, Sparks discovered the complexity of Stearns's character and his impact on Appalachian Christianity. The result is a history not just of this leader but of the roots of a religious movement.
Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists
Author: Guide to Microforms in Print
Author: North Carolina Faces the Freedmen
Author: Roberta Sue AlexanderPublisher: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Two Thousand Notable Americans
Author: American Biographical InstitutePublisher: Raleigh, N.C., USA : American Biographical Institute
ISBN: 9780934544351
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
Author: William S. PowellPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807867128
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.
Official Congressional Directory
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Includes maps of the U.S. Congressional districts.
The Southern Baptist Convention and Its People, 1607-1972
Author: Robert Andrew BakerPublisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
In Royal Service
Author: Fannie Exile Scudder HeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description