Author: Edwin Lee Earp
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Biblical Backgrounds for the Rural Message
Author: Edwin Lee Earp
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Baptized with the Soil
Author: Kevin M. Lowe
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190249455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In the early twentieth century, many Americans were troubled by the way agriculture was becoming increasingly industrial and corporate. Mainline Protestant churches and cooperative organizations began to come together to promote agrarianism: the belief that the health of the nation depended on small rural communities and family farms. In Baptized with the Soil, Kevin M. Lowe offers for the first time a comprehensive history of the Protestant commitment to rural America. Christian agrarians believed that farming was the most moral way of life and a means for people to serve God by taking care of the earth that God created. When the Great Depression hit, Christian agrarians worked harder to keep small farmers on the land. They formed alliances with state universities, cooperative extension services, and each other's denominations. They experimented with ways of revitalizing rural church life--including new worship services like Rural Life Sunday, and new strategies for raising financial support like the Lord's Acre. Because they believed that the earth was holy, Christian agrarians also became leaders in promoting soil conservation. Decades before the environmental movement, they inspired an ethic of environmental stewardship in their congregations. They may not have been able to prevent the spread of industrial agribusiness, but their ideas have helped define significant and long-lasting currents in American culture.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190249455
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In the early twentieth century, many Americans were troubled by the way agriculture was becoming increasingly industrial and corporate. Mainline Protestant churches and cooperative organizations began to come together to promote agrarianism: the belief that the health of the nation depended on small rural communities and family farms. In Baptized with the Soil, Kevin M. Lowe offers for the first time a comprehensive history of the Protestant commitment to rural America. Christian agrarians believed that farming was the most moral way of life and a means for people to serve God by taking care of the earth that God created. When the Great Depression hit, Christian agrarians worked harder to keep small farmers on the land. They formed alliances with state universities, cooperative extension services, and each other's denominations. They experimented with ways of revitalizing rural church life--including new worship services like Rural Life Sunday, and new strategies for raising financial support like the Lord's Acre. Because they believed that the earth was holy, Christian agrarians also became leaders in promoting soil conservation. Decades before the environmental movement, they inspired an ethic of environmental stewardship in their congregations. They may not have been able to prevent the spread of industrial agribusiness, but their ideas have helped define significant and long-lasting currents in American culture.
Continent
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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RUS
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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The Interior
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Issues for Jan 12, 1888-Jan. 1889 include monthly "Magazine supplement".
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Issues for Jan 12, 1888-Jan. 1889 include monthly "Magazine supplement".
The Southern Workman
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Rural America
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Category : Sociology, Rural
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Category : Sociology, Rural
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Interior
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1568
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1568
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Biological & Agricultural Index
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Information Service
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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