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Author Sparks, John, 1961-

Title The roots of Appalachian Christianity : the life and legacy of Elder Shubal Stearns / John Sparks
Published Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 327 pages) : illustrations
Series Religion in the South
Religion in the South.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Foreword ; Introduction; The Covenant Owners: 1706-1740; Rude Awakening: 1740-1751; The ""Garding in Closed"": 1751-1754; Chance and Providence: 1754-1755; Chamomile: 1755-1765; Meshech: 1765-1771; Requiem: 1772-1801; The Legacy of the Goodly Fere: 1801-2001; 1. THE SEPARATE BAPTISTS IN CHRIST; 2. THE REFORMERS, NOW CALLED CHURCHES OF CHRIST; 3. THE APPALACHIAN UNITED BAPTISTS; 4. APPALACHIAN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST GROUPS; 5. THE OLD REGULAR BAPTISTS; 6. THE MOUNTAIN FREE WILL BAPTISTS
7. THE CHURCH OF GOD (CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE) AND ITS OFFSHOOTSA FINAL THOUGHT; Afterword: I, The Preacher; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary Appalachia's distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched, native Appalachian sects are labeled as ultraconservative, primitive, and fatalistic, and the actions of minority sub-groups such as ""snake handlers"" are associated with all worshippers in the region. Yet these churches that many regard as being outside the mainstream are living examples of America's own religious heritage. The emotional and experience-based religion that still thrives in Appalachia is very much at the heart of America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-311) and index
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Subject Stearns, Shubal, 1706-1771.
SUBJECT Stearns, Shubal, 1706-1771 fast
Subject Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Baptist.
Baptists -- Clergy
Baptisten.
SUBJECT Appalachian Region -- Church history -- 18th century
Subject Appalachian Region
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Church history
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001003412
ISBN 0813170796
9780813170794
0813191289
9780813191287
0813158397
9780813158396