A mere Kentucky of a place : the Elkhorn Association and the commonwealth's first Baptists / Keith Harper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harper, Keith, 1957-2025, author.

Series:

America's Baptists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elkhorn Association of Baptists--History.

Elkhorn Association of Baptists.

Christian leadership--Baptists--History.

Christian leadership.

Christian leadership--Baptists.

History.

Lexington Region (Ky.)--Church history.

Lexington Region (Ky.).

Kentucky--Lexington Region.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 197 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This work provides analysis of leadership in the Elkhorn Association during the early national period. Often portrayed in the historiography as the vanguard of a new frontier democracy, this group, upon closer inspection, reveals itself to be far more complex. Harper argues that the Elkhorn Association ministers were neither fully fledged frontier egalitarians nor radical religionists, but formed their identities in the crucible of the early national period. They were challenged by competing impulses, including their religious convictions, the market economy, Jeffersonian Republicanism, and honor, with mixed results"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Vortex of Baptist Preachers

2. Between Backwoods Brethren and Bluegrass Barons

3. Good Old Virginia Doctrine: Ministers and Ministry in the Elkhorn Association

4. Revive Us Again

5. Ties That Would Not Bind

6. A Story to Tell the Nations: The Missionary Impulse and a New Consensus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Harper, Keith, A mere Kentucky of a place

ISBN:

9781621906421

1621906426

OCLC:

1191691450