03056oam 22006134a 450 991081892470332120230207220226.00-8173-8756-0(CKB)3710000000111314(EBL)1687673(OCoLC)879576388(MdBmJHUP)muse38486(MiAaPQ)EBC1687673(EXLCZ)99371000000011131420040416d2005 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHope's Promise[electronic resource] Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry /S. Scott RohrerTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20051 online resource (303 p.)Religion and American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1435-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-256) and index.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.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-Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)Frontier and pioneer lifeNorth CarolinaForsyth CountyChristian communitiesNorth CarolinaForsyth CountyHistoryEvangelicalismSocial aspectsNorth CarolinaForsyth CountyHistoryEthnicityNorth CarolinaForsyth CountyHistoryAcculturationNorth CarolinaForsyth CountyHistoryBritish AmericansNorth CarolinaForsyth CountyHistoryMoraviansNorth CarolinaForsyth CountyHistoryForsyth County (N.C.)Religious life and customsForsyth County (N.C.)Ethnic relationsFrontier and pioneer lifeChristian communitiesHistory.EvangelicalismSocial aspectsHistory.EthnicityHistory.AcculturationHistory.British AmericansHistory.MoraviansHistory.975.6/6700882846Rohrer S. Scott1957-1606518MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910818924703321Hope's Promise3932336UNINA