William Louis Poteat : a leader of the progressive-era South / Randal L. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Randal L., 1971- author.

Series:

Religion in the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social reformers--North Carolina--Biography.

Social reformers.

Biology teachers--North Carolina--Biography.

Biology teachers.

College teachers--North Carolina--Biography.

College teachers.

Baptists--North Carolina--Biography.

Baptists.

Poteat, William Louis, 1856-1938.

Poteat, William Louis.

Wake Forest College--Faculty--Biography.

Wake Forest College.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a conservative Baptist slaveholder, became one of the most outspoken southern liberals during his lifetime. He was a rarity in the South for openly teaching evolution beginning in the 1880's, and during his tenure as president of Wake Forest College (1905-1927) his advocacy of social Christianity stood in stark contrast to the zeal for practical training that swept through the New South's state universities.Exceptionally frank in his support of evolution, Poteat believed it represented God at work in nature. Despite repeated attacks in the early 1920

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Genesis of a Southern Reformer; 2. Separate Spheres-Personal, Professional, Religious; Professor at a Changing Wake Forest; Science in the South; A Victorian Home; Science and Religion; 3. Christian Progressivism in the South; Origins of Progressivism; Early Progressive Campaigns; Progressive Organizations and Religion; War, Race Relations, Prohibition, and Eugenics; 4. Wrestling New South Education; A Philosophy of Denominational Education; The Presidency of Wake Forest

5. Christianity, Enlightenment, and Baptist Democracy Initial Conservative Attacks, 1920-1922; The Second Round and an Uneasy Peace; 6. Spokesman for Another Lost Cause; Retirement and an Evolving Wake Forest; An Old Ideology in a New Time; Battling for Lost Causes; Final Campaigns; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-8766-4

0-8131-5768-4

OCLC:

900344902