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The Roots of Appalachian Christianity : the Life and Legacy of Elder Shubal Stearns.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in the SouthPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (350 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813158396
  • 0813158397
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roots of Appalachian Christianity : The Life and Legacy of Elder Shubal Stearns.DDC classification:
  • 286.1092
LOC classification:
  • BX6495.S77 S63 2015
Online resources:
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.
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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.

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.

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