Democratic Religion - Freedom, Authority, Church Discipline in Baptist South, 1785 1900

Zusatztext "Wills's work is excellent, both in its scholarship and presentation...Wills has effectively shown that most of what we think we know about Baptists in nineteenth-century America is probably not true and is certainly open to reexamination...this work is one which will appeal equally to professional scholars and the academic laity, especially anyone interested in the Baptist tradition in America."--Mississippi Quarterly Klappentext No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists. Wills demonstrates how a denomination of freedom-loving individualists came to embrace an exclusivist spirituality-a spirituality that continues to shape Southern Baptist churches in contemporary conflicts between moderates who urge tolerance and conservatives who require belief in scriptural inerrancy. Zusammenfassung No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists, but paradoxically, no denomination could wield religious authority as zealously. Wills demonstrates how a freedom-loving individualists came to embrace an exclusivist spirituality.

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• Authors: Gregory A Wills, Gregory A. Wills, Gregory A. (Adjunct Professor of Church His Wills, Gregory A. (Adjunct Professor of Church History Wills, Wills Gregory A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2003
• EAN: 9780195160994
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516099-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Religion in America; Religion in America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, RELIGION / Christianity / Baptist, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political structures: democracy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800, Baptist Churches