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Controversial Spirit Evangelical Awakenings in the South

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ISBN-10: 0195131630

ISBN-13: 9780195131635

Edition: 2002

Authors: Philip N. Mulder

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A Controversial Spirit offers a new perspective on the origins and nature of southern evangelicalism. Most recent historians have focused on the differences between evangelicals and non-evangelicals. This has led to the perception that during the "Era of Awakenings" (mid-18th and early 19th century) American evangelicals constituted a united front. Philip N. Mulder dispels this illusion, by examining the internal dynamics of evangelicalism. He focuses on the relationships among the Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists who introduced the new religious mood to the South between 1740 and 1820. Although the denominations shared the goal of saving souls, he finds, they disagreed over the…    
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Book details

List price: $165.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/18/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.29" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Introduction
Good Reasons to Believe
Believe and be Baptized
Experimental Religion
Contending for Liberty
Sowing and Reaping
Choosing God's People
The Highest Original
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index