| Description |
1 online resource (358 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion and American Culture
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Religion and American Culture.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "The Presbyterian and Orthodox Idiosyncrasy of Mind"; 2. Navigating by the "Pole-Star": The Engagement with Modernity; 3. A "New and Frisky Science": Race, Religion, and the Response to Anthropology; 4. The Fidelity of a "Handmaid": Genesis and Geology in the Presbyterian South; 5. "A Revolution in Our Church": Founding and Filling the Perkins Professorship; 6. "The Serpent-Trail of Rationalism"; 7. "A Crown Pure and Bright": The Southern Presbyterian Evolution Controversy; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Storm of Words is a study of the ways that southern Presbyterians in the wake of the Civil War contended with a host of cultural and theological questions, chief among them developments in natural history and evolution. Southern Presbyterian theologians enjoyed a prominent position in antebellum southern culture. Respected for both their erudition and elite constituency, these theologians identified the southern society as representing a divine, Biblically ordained order. Beginning in the 1840s, however, this facile identification became more difficult to maintain, colliding. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Presbyterian Church -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Presbyterian Church. |
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Southern States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Christianity and culture -- United States.
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Christianity and culture. |
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United States. |
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Religion and science.
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Religion and science. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hampton, Monte Harrell. Storm of Words. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014 9780817318314 |
| ISBN |
9780817387624 (electronic book) |
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0817387625 (electronic book) |
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9780817318314 |
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0817318313 |
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