Alabama Baptists : Southern Baptists in the heart of Dixie / Wayne Flynt. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flynt, Wayne, 1940-

Series:

Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Religion and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alabama Baptist State Convention--History.

Alabama Baptist State Convention.

Baptists--Alabama--History.

Baptists.

Alabama--Church history.

Alabama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 731 p. ) ill., map ;

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alabama Baptists provides the definitive history of the dominant religious group within the state of Alabama from the first decade of the 19th century to the present.

Contents:

Alabama Baptist Chronology

1. Confronting the Frontier, 1800-1845

2. Taming the Frontier, 1800-1845

3. The Work of the Gospel, 1845-1860

4. War and Reunion, 1860-1874

5. Building a New South, 1875-1890

6. Revolt at the Forks of the Creek, 1890-1900

7. Progressivism and Baptists, 1900-1920

8. The Ballyhoo Years Alabama-Style, the 1920's

9. The Great Depression, 1930-1939

10. War and Remembrance, 1940-1954

11. Racial Religion, 1955-1970

12. Race and Politics during the 1970's

13. The Fundamentalist Controversy in Alabama, 1980-1998.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 687-705) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-22454-4