Religion in the South edited by Charles Reagan Wilson with essays by John B. Boles, C. Eric Lincoln, David Edwin Harrell, Jr., J. Wayne Flynt, Samuel S. Hill, and Edwin S. Gaustad Showing the undeniable truth that religion has been a powerful force in creating and maintaining southern regional distinctiveness, this volume of essays by leading scholars explores key aspects of southern religious development, concentrating on the dominant evangelical tradition. It focuses on crucial time periods-the antebellum years, the late nineteenth century, and the contemporary era-and examines topics that are central to understanding southern religion. The papers in this volume were presented in 1984 at the annual Porter L. Fortune Chancellor's Symposium in Southern History at the University of Mississippi. In this study, John B. Boles traces the emergence of the South's evangelical tradition, detailing the transformation of evangelical sects from dissenting outcasts in society to their...

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