Bishops, Bourbons, and big mules : a history of the Episcopal Church in Alabama / J. Barry Vaughn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughn, J. Barry, 1955-

Series:

Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Religion and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alabama--Church history.

Alabama.

Episcopal Church--Alabama--History.

Episcopal Church.

Episcopal Church--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules tells the story of how the Episcopal Church gained influence over Alabama's cultural, political, and economic arenas despite being a denominational minority in the state.The consensus of southern historians is that, since the Second Great Awakening, evangelicalism has dominated the South. This is certainly true when one considers the extent to which southern culture is dominated by evangelical rhetoric and ideas. However, in Alabama one non-evangelical group has played a significant role in shaping the state's history. J. Barry Vaughn

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. How Anglicanism Came to America; 2. "No gentleman would choose any but the Episcopalian way" : From the Beginning to the 1850's; 3. "This worldliness that is rushing upon us like a flood" : Secession and Civil War; 4. "How is the South like Lazarus?" : Reconstruction; 5. The Age of "Dread-Naughts and Sky-Scrapers" : The End of the Nineteenth Century and the Beginning of the Twentieth; 6. "Great and untried experiments" : From the 1920's to the 1950's

7. "The Carpenter of Birmingham must not be allowed to forever deny the Carpenter of Nazareth" : The Civil Rights Era 8. "O thou who changest not . . ." : From 1968 to the Present; Conclusion: "Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required"; Appendix A: Episcopal Churches in Alabama in Chronological Order; Appendix B: Bishops of the Diocese of Alabama and the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast; Appendix C: Membership of the Episcopal Church and US Population at Ten-Year Intervals from 1830 to 2010

Appendix D: Episcopal Church Membership and Population of Alabama from 1830 to 2010 Appendix E: Percentage of Alabamians Twenty-Five Years Old and Older with Four or More Years of Post secondary Education from 1950 to 2010; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8721-8

OCLC:

864414860