Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century

Name: Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780252026430

ISBN-10: 0252026438

ISBN-13: 9780252026430

Edition: 2001

Authors: David Hein

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The quintessential man for his own season, Noble Powell (1891-1968) was an episcopal priest and then bishop who epitomized the cultural and ecclesiastical epoch before the tumultuous sixties. This volume, the first biography devoted to a dynamic churchman often referred to as "the last bishop of the old church," fills a major gap in American religious historiography while illuminating the strengths, flaws, and eventual decline of the Protestant establishment in the United States.Deeply influenced by the beliefs and practices of a mix of southern denominations, as well as by the principles and codes of the southern planter class, Powell was raised a Baptist and confirmed (to his family's…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 4/18/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English