Democratic religion: freedom, authority, and church discipline in the baptist south, 1785-1900
Auteur :
Wills, Gregory A.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195160994
Date de publication :
27 mars 2003
Dimensions :
24,0 x 15,3 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
322 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists, but paradoxically, no denomination could wield religious authority as zealously. Wills demonstrates how a freedom-loving individualists came to embrace an exclusivist spirituality.