Methodism and the Southern Mind, 1770-1810
This study analyses the conflicts between Methodists and their opponents in the Revolutionary and early national American South, showing how by condemning pride, violence and slavery, Methodists fashioned an ethic radically at odds with that of the southern elites and the masculine culture of honour. In the RELIGION IN AMERICA series
History
1 online resource (262 pages)
9780195354249, 0195354249
1114619151
Introduction: When Worlds Collide; ONE: Revolutions Civil and Religious: Methodist Beginnings in America; TWO: The Marrow of the Methodist Self: Doctrines, Values, and Practices; THREE: Slaves and Free Blacks in the Church; FOUR: The Poverty of Riches: Methodists and Class; FIVE: "Mothers in Israel": White Women in the Church; SIX: Slavery, Racism, and the Master-Slave Relationship; SEVEN: Turning the World Upside Down: The Stakes of the Conflict; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z