LEADER 02837nam 22005653 450 001 9910838334303321 005 20230710053518.0 010 $a1-62190-760-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30611030 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30611030 035 $a(OCoLC)1367237897 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_109144 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927279119700041 100 $a20230701d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aForging a Christian Order $eSouth Carolina Baptists, Race, and Slavery, 1696-1860 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aChicago :$cUniversity of Tennessee Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (241 pages) 225 1 $aAmerica's Baptists Series 311 08$aPrint version: Kellison, Kimberly Forging a Christian Order Chicago : University of Tennessee Press,c2023 9781621907596 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $a"This is a comprehensive examination of the Baptist movement in South Carolina from its founding to the eve of the Civil War. The author argues that from the beginning, the Baptist impulse and organization were driven by elites, who closely valued hierarchy and from the earliest times mounted a Christian defense of slavery. While the ideology of Baptists tended to emanate from the lowcountry, and there was some resistance to its details in the upcountry, Baptists ministers throughout the state fashioned a Christianized version of slavery that legitimized the institution"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aAmerica's Baptists Series 606 $aSlavery and the church$xBaptists 606 $aSlavery and the church$zSouth Carolina 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xJustification 606 $aBaptists$zSouth Carolina$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$2fast 607 $aSouth Carolina$2fast 608 $aHistory. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSlavery and the church$xBaptists. 615 0$aSlavery and the church 615 0$aSlavery$xJustification. 615 0$aBaptists$xHistory. 676 $a270.08625 700 $aKellison$b Kimberly$01730299 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838334303321 996 $aForging a Christian Order$94141161 997 $aUNINA