Southern Religion and Christian Diversity in the Twentieth Century / Wayne Flynt ; foreword by Charles A. Israel and John M. Giggie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flynt, Wayne, 1940- author.

Series:

Religion & American Culture

Religion and American culture

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alabama--Church history--20th century.

Alabama.

Southern States--Church history--20th century.

Southern States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essays by the distinguished historian of southern religion Wayne Flynt, that illuminate the often overlooked complexity among southern Protestants. Throughout its dramatic history, the American South has wrestled with issues such as poverty, social change, labor reform, civil rights, and party politics, and Flynt's writing reaffirms religion as.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Charles A. Israel and John M. Giggie; Preface; Introduction: Southern Religion and Christian Diversity, 1890-2015; 1. Growing Up Baptist in Anniston, Alabama: The Legacy of the Reverend Charles R. Bell Jr.; 2. Dissent in Zion: Alabama Baptists and Social Issues, 1900-1914; 3. Alabama Methodists and the Social Gospel, 1900-1930; 4. Organized Labor, Reform, and Alabama Politics, 1920; 5. Religion in the Urban South: The Divided Religious Mind of Birmingham, 1900-1930

6. "Feeding the Hungry and Ministering to the Broken Hearted": The Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Social Gospel, 1900-19207. Southern Baptists and Appalachia: A Case Study of Modernization and Community; 8. Religion at the Polls: A Case Study of Twentieth-Century Politics and Religion in Florida; 9. One in the Spirit, Many in the Flesh: Southern Evangelicals; 10. Women, Society, and the Southern Church, 1900-1920; 11. "A Special Feeling of Closeness": Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, Leeds, Alabama; 12. Religion for the Blues: Evangelicalism, Poor Whites, and the Great Depression

13. Conflicted Interpretations of Christ, the Church, and the American Constitution14. The South's Battle over God; 15. God's Politics: Is Southern Religion Blue, Red, or Purple?; Notes; Wayne Flynt's Works about Southern Religion Published in Books, Journals, and Anthologies from 1963 to 2011; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8173-8971-7

OCLC:

951749587