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

by Gregory A. Wills

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No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists. Most antebellum southern Baptist churches allowed women and slaves to vote on membership matters and preferred populists preachers who addressed their appeals to the common person. Paradoxically no denomination could wield religious authority as zealously as the Baptists. Between 1785 and 1860 they ritually excommunicated forty to fifty thousand...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195160991

ISBN13:9780195160994

Release Date:March 2003

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

19th Century Baptist Christianity History Humanities Linguistics Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Protestantism Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Words, Language & Grammar

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