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Author Kellison, Kimberly R., 1967- author.

Title Forging a Christian order : South Carolina Baptists, race, and slavery, 1696-1860 / Kimberly R. Kellison
Edition First edition
Published Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages)
Series America's Baptists
America's Baptists.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Keith Harper -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Framing a Christian Order -- Two. Growth, 1760-1790: A Threat to Order -- Three. National Denominationalism, 1790-1830 -- Four. Defining Sectionalism, 1790-1830 -- Five. Baptist Clashes, 1830-1845 -- Six. Sectionalism Ordained -- Conclusion. The Reframing of Christian Order -- Appendices. South Carolina Baptist Church and Membership Statistics -- Notes -- Index
Summary "This is a comprehensive examination of the Baptist movement in South Carolina from its founding to the eve of the Civil War. The author argues that from the beginning, the Baptist impulse and organization were driven by elites, who closely valued hierarchy and from the earliest times mounted a Christian defense of slavery. While the ideology of Baptists tended to emanate from the lowcountry, and there was some resistance to its details in the upcountry, Baptists ministers throughout the state fashioned a Christianized version of slavery that legitimized the institution"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2023)
Subject Slavery and the church -- Baptists.
Slavery and the church -- South Carolina
Slavery -- United States -- Justification
Baptists -- South Carolina -- History
Baptists
Slavery and the church
Slavery and the church -- Baptists
Slavery -- Justification
South Carolina
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022050094
ISBN 9781621907602
1621907600
Other Titles South Carolina Baptists, race, and slavery, 1696-1860