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Democratic Religion - Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900 (Paperback, Revised) Loot Price: R1,514
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Democratic Religion - Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900 (Paperback, Revised): Gregory...

Democratic Religion - Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900 (Paperback, Revised)

Gregory A. Wills

Series: Religion in America

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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 who emphasized personal religious freedom and tolerance, and fundamentalists who preached discipline and the inerrancy of scripture. He demonstrates how a denomination of freedom-loving individuals came to embrace exclusionist spirituality, and how the results of that conflict continue to affect the church.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Religion in America
Release date: March 2003
First published: March 2003
Authors: Gregory A. Wills (Adjunct Professor of Church History)
Dimensions: 240 x 173 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: Revised
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516099-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Baptist Churches
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Baptist Churches
Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Baptist Churches
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LSN: 0-19-516099-1
Barcode: 9780195160994

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