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Democratic Religion

Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900

Democratic Religion( )
Author: Wills, Gregory A.
Series title:Religion in America Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-516099-4
Publication Date:Feb 2003
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $79.95AUD $105.95
Book Description:

The antebellum southern Baptist churches were led, in general, by populists who addressed their appeals to the common person and allowed women and slaves to vote on membership matters. Paradoxically, at the same time, no denomination could wield the religious authority as ruthlessly as the Baptists - between 1785 and 1860 they ritually excommunicated forty to fifty thousand church members in Georgia alone. Wills traces this split to two rival strains in the Baptist church - moderates...
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Book Details
Pages:208
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Baptist
Religion / General
Religion / Christian Living / Social Issues
Religion / Christian Church / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):17.3 x 24 x 3 cm
Book Weight:1.006 Kilograms



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