Author: Philadelphia Baptist Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Minutes of the Baptist Association ...
Author: Philadelphia Baptist Association
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Languages : en
Pages : 868
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The Roots of Appalachian Christianity
Author: Elder John Sparks
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189977
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Appalachia's distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched, native Appalachian sects are labeled as ultraconservative, primitive, and fatalistic, and the actions of minority sub-groups such as "snake handlers" are associated with all worshippers in the region. Yet these churches that many regard as being outside the mainstream are living examples of America's own religious heritage. The emotional and experience-based religion that still thrives in Appalachia is very much at the heart of American worship. The lack of a recognizable "father figure" like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox compounds the mystery of Appalachia's religious origins. Ordained minister John Sparks determined that such a person must have existed, and his search turned up a man less literate, urbane, and well-known than Luther, Calvin, and Knox—but no less charismatic and influential. Shubal Stearns, a New England Baptist minister, led a group of sixteen Baptists—now dubbed "The Old Brethren" by Old School Baptists churches in Appalachia—from New England to North Carolina in the mid-eighteenth century. His musical "barking" preaching is still popular, and the association of churches that he established gave birth to many of the disparate denominations prospering in the region today. A man lacking in the scholarship of his peers but endowed with the eccentricities that would make their mark on Appalachian faith, Stearns has long been an object of shame among most Baptist historians. In The Roots of Appalachian Christianity, Sparks depicts an important religious figure in a new light. Poring over pages of out-of-print and little-used histories, Sparks discovered the complexity of Stearns's character and his impact on Appalachian Christianity. The result is a history not just of this leader but of the roots of a religious movement.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189977
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Appalachia's distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched, native Appalachian sects are labeled as ultraconservative, primitive, and fatalistic, and the actions of minority sub-groups such as "snake handlers" are associated with all worshippers in the region. Yet these churches that many regard as being outside the mainstream are living examples of America's own religious heritage. The emotional and experience-based religion that still thrives in Appalachia is very much at the heart of American worship. The lack of a recognizable "father figure" like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox compounds the mystery of Appalachia's religious origins. Ordained minister John Sparks determined that such a person must have existed, and his search turned up a man less literate, urbane, and well-known than Luther, Calvin, and Knox—but no less charismatic and influential. Shubal Stearns, a New England Baptist minister, led a group of sixteen Baptists—now dubbed "The Old Brethren" by Old School Baptists churches in Appalachia—from New England to North Carolina in the mid-eighteenth century. His musical "barking" preaching is still popular, and the association of churches that he established gave birth to many of the disparate denominations prospering in the region today. A man lacking in the scholarship of his peers but endowed with the eccentricities that would make their mark on Appalachian faith, Stearns has long been an object of shame among most Baptist historians. In The Roots of Appalachian Christianity, Sparks depicts an important religious figure in a new light. Poring over pages of out-of-print and little-used histories, Sparks discovered the complexity of Stearns's character and his impact on Appalachian Christianity. The result is a history not just of this leader but of the roots of a religious movement.
Minutes of the Session
Author: Baptists. South Carolina. North Greenville Baptist Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Pages : 34
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A History of the Liberty Baptist Association
Author: Henry Sheets
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Minutes of the Kehukey Association (Baptist)
Author: Bessie Lewis Whitaker
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Category : Cape Fear River Valley (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Category : Cape Fear River Valley (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Minutes of the Second Annual Session of the Colored Shiloh Baptist Association of Virginia
Author: Colored Shiloh Baptist Association of Virginia
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Category : Baptist associations
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : Baptist associations
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Minutes of the ... Annual Session of the Baptist General Association of Virginia
Author: Baptist General Association of Virginia
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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God's Almost Chosen Peoples
Author: George C. Rable
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Li
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Li
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
Author: Women's Baptist Home Mission Society
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Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The North Carolina Historical Review
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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