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Author Conser, Walter H.

Title A coat of many colors : religion and society along the Cape Fear River of North Carolina / Walter H. Conser, Jr.

Publication Info. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2006]
©2006
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 372 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Religion in the South
Religion in the South.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-360) and index.
Contents The Cape Fear and its Indians -- Tensions in the colonial era -- Religious liberty and denominational expansion -- Bonds of association -- Mystic chords of memory -- Religion and the New South -- Pluralism in the Port City and beyond.
Summary While religious diversity is often considered a relatively recent phenomenon in America, the Cape Fear region of North Carolina has been a diverse community since the area was first settled. The Cape Fear River and the port city of Wilmington were more urban than the rest of the state; thus the region provided people with opportunities seldom found in other parts of North Carolina. These opportunities drew residents from many ethnic backgrounds, and the residents brought their religious traditions with them. In A Coat of Many Colors, Walter H. Conser Jr. explores how religious and racial diver.
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Subject Cape Fear River Valley (N.C.) -- Church history.
Religious pluralism -- North Carolina -- Cape Fear River Valley.
Religious pluralism.
North Carolina -- Cape Fear River Valley.
Race discrimination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Race discrimination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
Other Form: Print version: Conser, Walter H. Coat of many colors. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006 0813124050 9780813124056 (DLC) 2006011495 (OCoLC)66527028
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