Frontier mission : a history of religion West of the Southern appalachians to 1861 / Walter Brownlow Posey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Posey, Walter Brownlow, 1900-1988, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--Southern States.

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1966.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this first major study of religion in the South prior to the Civil War, Mr. Posey surveys the work of seven chief denominations -- Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Disciples of Christ, Cumberland Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and Protestant Episcopal -- as they developed in the present states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1 Into the Valley; 2. The Early Camp Meeting Era; 3 Some Denominational Splinters; 4 Two New Denominations; 5 Practices of Local Churches; 6 Government of the Churches; 7 The Indians; 8 The Negroes; 9 Catholic Expansion; 10 Media of Education; 11 Reform and Discipline; 12 The Slavery Problem Before the 1840's; 13 Crises and Divisions; 14 On the Eve of the Civil War; 15 The Balance Sheet; Appendix; Index;

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6400-1

OCLC:

933516069