From Mounds to Megachurches: Georgia's Religious HeritageUniversity of Georgia Press, 25 Jan 2010 - 219 halaman In From Mounds to Megachurches David S. Williams offers a sweeping overview of the role religion has played in Georgia's history, from precolonial days to the modern era. Williams shows that colonial Georgia was a remarkably diverse place, populated by mainline colonial congregations that included Anglicans, Roman Catholics, German- and Spanish-speaking Jews, Salzburg Lutherans, and Scottish Presbyterians. It wasn't until much later that evangelicalism triumphed and Baptists became the overwhelmingly dominant denomination. Williams uses the stories of such important figures as Tomochichi, John Wesley, Jesse Mercer, Henry McNeal Turner, Lillian Smith, Martin Luther King Jr., and Clarence Jordan to portray larger historical narratives and denominational battles. Race and religion were intertwined not only in such key movements as abolition and civil rights but also throughout Georgia's history. "In order to fully grasp the religious heritage of Georgia," Williams says, "we must return again and again to racial matters." Recently, Georgians have seen racial, ethnic, and religious diversity grow as Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i, and other communities have settled in the state. Williams explores how Georgians have dealt with contemporary issues of tolerance and how, at times, the state has taken center stage in our nation's culture wars. Firmly rooting religious history in a social, cultural, and political context, Williams presents a representative and balanced account of Georgia's religious heritage. From Mounds to Megachurches sheds new light on what it means to be a Georgian by exploring an issue that remains central to life in the Sunbelt South. |
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... Slavery 49 five A Racial Pas de Deux 70 six In the Shadow of Jim Crow 84 seven Things Are Stirring 104 eight Culture and Worship Wars 123 Epilogue 145 Notes 151 Bibliography 193 Index 213 Acknowledgments I appreciate the help and ...
... African American congregations in North America and was established by slaves. Thus, beyond the transition from the mainline colonial denominations to evangelicalism, the juxtaposition of Christ Church and First African Baptist 2 prologue.
... slaves captured by the Westos in the Southeast. Robbie Ethridge has written about this overall process and its impact. She explains that English traders would provide guns to an Indian group and require that slaves be exchanged to ...
... cede several million more acres to the United States, enlarging Georgia in the process. Whites and their black slaves quickly settled this land, contributing to the development of the “Cotton Kingdom.” 16 chapter one.
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Seeds Are Sown | 18 |
God Is Calling Evry Nation | 31 |
The Crucible of Slavery | 49 |
A Racial Pas de Deux | 70 |
In the Shadow of Jim Crow | 84 |
Things Are Stirring | 104 |
Culture and Worship Wars | 123 |
Epilogue | 145 |
Notes | 151 |
Bibliography | 193 |
Index | 213 |
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