The Origins of Southern Evangelicalism : Religious Revivalism in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1760.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611172751
- 277.57/07
- BR555.S6 L58 2013
Cover -- The Origins of Southern Evangelicalism -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Libertines, Sectaries, and Enthusiasts: The Formation of an Evangelical Tradition -- 2 True-Blue Protestants: Religious Eclecticism and the Church of England -- 3 A Party of Seekers: The Origins of Southern Evangelicalism -- 4 A Hammer and a Fire: George Whitefield and the First Great Awakening -- 5 The Kingdom of Heaven: Continuing the Great Awakening Tradition -- 6 Wrestling with God: Protestant Evangelicalism in the Lowcountry and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Reconstructing the history of religious revivalism in the lowcountry and placing the subject firmly within an Atlantic world context, Little demonstrates that evangelical Christianity had much earlier beginnings in prerevolutionary southern society than historians have traditionally recognized.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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