02837nam 22005653 450 991083833430332120230710053518.01-62190-760-0(MiAaPQ)EBC30611030(Au-PeEL)EBL30611030(OCoLC)1367237897(MdBmJHUP)musev2_109144(EXLCZ)992727911970004120230701d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierForging a Christian Order South Carolina Baptists, Race, and Slavery, 1696-1860First edition.Chicago :University of Tennessee Press,2023.©2023.1 online resource (241 pages)America's Baptists SeriesPrint version: Kellison, Kimberly Forging a Christian Order Chicago : University of Tennessee Press,c2023 9781621907596 Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Keith Harper -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Framing a Christian Order -- Two. Growth, 1760-1790: A Threat to Order -- Three. National Denominationalism, 1790-1830 -- Four. Defining Sectionalism, 1790-1830 -- Five. Baptist Clashes, 1830-1845 -- Six. Sectionalism Ordained -- Conclusion. The Reframing of Christian Order -- Appendices. South Carolina Baptist Church and Membership Statistics -- Notes -- Index."This is a comprehensive examination of the Baptist movement in South Carolina from its founding to the eve of the Civil War. The author argues that from the beginning, the Baptist impulse and organization were driven by elites, who closely valued hierarchy and from the earliest times mounted a Christian defense of slavery. While the ideology of Baptists tended to emanate from the lowcountry, and there was some resistance to its details in the upcountry, Baptists ministers throughout the state fashioned a Christianized version of slavery that legitimized the institution"--Provided by publisher.America's Baptists SeriesSlavery and the churchBaptistsSlavery and the churchSouth CarolinaSlaveryUnited StatesJustificationBaptistsSouth CarolinaHistoryUnited StatesfastSouth CarolinafastHistory.Electronic books. Slavery and the churchBaptists.Slavery and the churchSlaveryJustification.BaptistsHistory.270.08625Kellison Kimberly1730299MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910838334303321Forging a Christian Order4141161UNINA