Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 436 pages)
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Karten
ISBN:
9780813153933
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9780813164007
Content:
〈P〉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 Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri.〈/P〉
Note:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1 Into the Valley; 2. The Early Camp Meeting Era; 3 Some Denominational Splinters; 4 Two New Denominations; 5 Practices of Local Churches; 6 Government of the Churches; 7 The Indians; 8 The Negroes; 9 Catholic Expansion; 10 Media of Education; 11 Reform and Discipline; 12 The Slavery Problem Before the 1840s; 13 Crises and Divisions; 14 On the Eve of the Civil War; 15 The Balance Sheet; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813153933
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Frontier Mission : A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Religion
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Geschichte Anfänge-1861
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Electronic books
Author information:
Posey, Walter Brownlow 1900-1988
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