Presbyterians in North Carolina : race, politics, and religious identity in historical perspective / / Walter H. Conser, Jr. and Robert J. Cain

• Autore: Conser Walter H
• Pubblicazione: Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 285/.1756
• Soggetto topico: Presbyterian Church - North Carolina - History; Christian sects - North Carolina - History
• Altri autori: CainRobert J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Old World origins and New World horizons -- Atlantic world bonds and backcountry settlers -- Revivalism, reform, and rancor in the antebellum Piedmont -- Limited and late -- Both read the same Bible and prayed to the same God -- Out from the gloomy past -- Rebuilding in the era of the new South -- A new church in a new era.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is the first comprehensive overview of North Carolina Presbyterians to appear in more than a hundred years. Drawing on congregational and administrative histories, personal memoirs, and recent scholarship-while paying close attention to the relevant social, political, and religious contexts of the state and region-Walter Conser and Robert Cain go beyond older approaches to denominational history by focusing on the identity and meaning of the Presbyterian experience in the Old North State from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Conser and Cain
• Titolo autorizzato: Presbyterians in North Carolina
• ISBN: 9786613655141; 9781280678219; 1280678216; 9781572338845; 1572338849
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964875803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II