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Autore |
Rohrer S. Scott <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Hope's Promise [[electronic resource] ] : Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry / / S. Scott Rohrer |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 p.) |
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Collana |
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Religion and American culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Frontier and pioneer life - North Carolina - Forsyth County |
Christian communities - North Carolina - Forsyth County - History |
Evangelicalism - Social aspects - North Carolina - Forsyth County - History |
Ethnicity - North Carolina - Forsyth County - History |
Acculturation - North Carolina - Forsyth County - History |
British Americans - North Carolina - Forsyth County - History |
Moravians - North Carolina - Forsyth County - History |
Forsyth County (N.C.) Religious life and customs |
Forsyth County (N.C.) Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-256) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prelude : the Northern years -- A community of believers -- An Anglo-German world -- Becoming "American" : the Revolutionary years -- Becoming "Southern" : the slaveholding years -- The new world of the 1830's and beyond. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This eloquent study describes the complex process of assimilation that occurred among multi-ethnic groups in Wachovia, the evangelical community that settled a 100,000-acre tract in Piedmont North Carolina from 1750 to 1860. It counters commonplace notions that evangelicalism was a divisive force in the antebellum South, demonstrating instead the ability of evangelical beliefs and practices to unify diverse peoples and foster shared cultural values. In Hope's Promise, Scott Rohrer dissects the internal workings of the ecumenical Moravian movement at Wachovia- |
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