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Methodism and the Southern Mind, 1770-1810

By Cynthia Lynn Lyerly

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0195114299, 9780195114294
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (17267534 bytes)
Series
Religion in America Series
Edition
1
Pages
264\262
Time added
2016-09-25 13:00:16
Church History;Churches & Church Leadership;MethodPractices & Sacred Texts;Religious Art;Religious SUsed &

Description

This book looks at the role of Methodism in the Revolutionary and early national South. When the Methodists first arrived in the South, Lyerly argues, they were critics of the social order. By advocating values traditionally deemed "feminine," treating white women and African Americans with considerable equality, and preaching against wealth and slavery, Methodism challenged Southern secular mores. For this reason, Methodism evoked sustained opposition, especially from elite white men. Lyerly analyzes the public denunciations, domestic assaults on Methodist women and children, and mob violence against black Methodists. These attacks, Lyerly argues, served to bind Methodists more closely to one another; they were sustained by the belief that suffering was salutary and that persecution was a mark of true faith.

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