Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 266 pages) : illustrations |
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Religion and American culture |
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Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
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Contents |
Prelude : the Northern years -- A community of believers -- An Anglo-German world -- Becoming "American" : the Revolutionary years -- Becoming "Southern" : the slaveholding years -- The new world of the 1830s and beyond |
Summary |
This eloquent study describes the complex process of assimilation that occurred among multi-ethnic groups in Wachovia, the evangelical community that settled a 100,000-acre tract in Piedmont North Carolina from 1750 to 1860. It counters commonplace notions that evangelicalism was a divisive force in the antebellum South, demonstrating instead the ability of evangelical beliefs and practices to unify diverse peoples and foster shared cultural values. In Hope's Promise, Scott Rohrer dissects the internal workings of the ecumenical Moravian movement at Wachovia- |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-256) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Moravians -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County -- History
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British Americans -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County -- History
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Acculturation -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County -- History
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Ethnicity -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County -- History
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Evangelicalism -- Social aspects -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County -- History
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Christian communities -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County -- History
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Frontier and pioneer life -- North Carolina -- Forsyth County
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Acculturation
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British Americans
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Christian communities
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnicity
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Evangelicalism -- Social aspects
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Moravians
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Brüdergemeine
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Herrnhutters.
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Acculturatie.
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Forsyth County (N.C.) -- Ethnic relations
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Forsyth County (N.C.) -- Religious life and customs
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North Carolina -- Forsyth County
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North Carolina
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2004008812 |
ISBN |
9780817387563 |
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0817387560 |
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9780817357764 |
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0817357769 |
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