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Genre/Form: | Church history History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Wayne Flynt |
ISBN: | 0817309276 9780817309275 0817352821 9780817352820 |
OCLC Number: | 38039602 |
Description: | xxi, 731 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
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 1920s -- 9. The Great Depression, 1930-1939 -- 10. War and Remembrance, 1940-1954 -- 11. Racial Religion, 1955-1970 -- 12. Race and Politics during the 1970s -- 13. The Fundamentalist Controversy in Alabama, 1980-1998. |
Series Title: | Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) |
Responsibility: | Wayne Flynt. |
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Flynt examines Alabama Baptists from the varied perspectives of individual, congregational, and denominational experience. The result is a rich, detailed depiction that reveals the years of careful research that undoubtedly went into its writing. - Choice ""A life-long Alabama Baptist and a distinguished scholar, Flynt has demonstrated that sound historical research contributes clarity and perspective to denominational controversy and that inquiry into religious institutions adds depth and richness to the history of the American South."" - Journal of Southern History ""The 'state church' of Alabama is Southern Baptist. One in every four inhabitants of that state and two of every three church members there are members of the Alabama Baptist State Convention. Alabama has the highest percentage of any state in the union....Flynt is a well seasoned professional historian as well as an insider. Both backgrounds cooperate to contribute an honest and fair account....This volume could very well be the best historical account of any denomination in any state of the United States."" - Church History Read more...

