Methodism and the southern mind, 1770-1810 [[electronic resource] /] / Cynthia Lynn Lyerly

• Autore: Lyerly Cynthia Lynn <1960->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 287.0975; 287/.675/09033
• Soggetto topico: Methodist Church - Southern States - History; Methodism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: When Worlds Collide; ONE: Revolutions Civil and Religious: Methodist Beginnings in America; TWO: The Marrow of the Methodist Self: Doctrines, Values, and Practices; THREE: Slaves and Free Blacks in the Church; FOUR: The Poverty of Riches: Methodists and Class; FIVE: ""Mothers in Israel"": White Women in the Church; SIX: Slavery, Racism, and the Master-Slave Relationship; SEVEN: Turning the World Upside Down: The Stakes of the Conflict; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study analyses the conflicts between Methodists and their opponents in the Revolutionary and early national American South, showing how by condemning pride, violence and slavery, Methodists fashioned an ethic radically at odds with that of the southern elites and the masculine culture of honour. In the RELIGION IN AMERICA series.
• Titolo autorizzato: Methodism and the southern mind, 1770-1810
• ISBN: 1-280-45399-0; 0-19-535424-9; 0-585-18277-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456255003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)