
The Great Revival: Beginnings of the Bible Belt - Paperback
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The Great Revival: Beginnings of the Bible Belt
Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelicals, John Boles asserts that the extraordinary crowds and miraculous transformations that distinguished the South's First Great Awakening were not simply instances of emotional excess but the expression of widespread and complex attitudes toward God. Converted southerners were starkly individualistic, interested more in gaining personal...
John B. Boles is William P. Hobby Professor of History at Rice University. He is the author of numerous books including A Companion to the American South, The South through Time: A History of an American Region, Masters and Slaves in the House of the Lord, and Black Southerners, 1619-1869.
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