UID:
almafu_9959230515802883
Format:
1 online resource (276 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8131-8766-4
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0-8131-5768-4
Series Statement:
Religion in the South
Content:
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 1880's, 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 1920
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Genesis of a Southern Reformer; 2. Separate Spheres-Personal, Professional, Religious; Professor at a Changing Wake Forest; Science in the South; A Victorian Home; Science and Religion; 3. Christian Progressivism in the South; Origins of Progressivism; Early Progressive Campaigns; Progressive Organizations and Religion; War, Race Relations, Prohibition, and Eugenics; 4. Wrestling New South Education; A Philosophy of Denominational Education; The Presidency of Wake Forest
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5. Christianity, Enlightenment, and Baptist Democracy Initial Conservative Attacks, 1920-1922; The Second Round and an Uneasy Peace; 6. Spokesman for Another Lost Cause; Retirement and an Evolving Wake Forest; An Old Ideology in a New Time; Battling for Lost Causes; Final Campaigns; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-59949-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8131-2155-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
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