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The Great Revival: Beginnings of the Bible Belt

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Availability:In StockContributor:John B. BolesSeries:Religion in the SouthPublish date:1996-02-22Pages:260
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813108629ISBN-10:813108624UPC:9780813108629Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Christianity, United StatesBook Topic:Pentecostal & Charismatic, State & Local, 19th CenturySize:9.02 x 6.03 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC5NJER6MN

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...

Series: Religion in the South
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813108629ISBN-10:813108624UPC:9780813108629Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Christianity, United StatesBook Topic:Pentecostal & Charismatic, State & Local, 19th CenturySize:9.02 x 6.03 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC5NJER6MN

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.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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