Methodism and the Southern Mind, 1770-1810

Name: Methodism and the Southern Mind, 1770-1810
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ISBN: 9780195114294

ISBN-10: 0195114299

ISBN-13: 9780195114294

Edition: 1998

Authors: Cynthia Lynn Lyerly

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This book looks at the role of Methodism in the Revolutionary and early national South. When the Methodists first arrived in the South, Lyerly argues, they were critics of the social order. By advocating values traditionally deemed "feminine", treating white women and African Americans with considerable equality, and preaching against wealth and slavery, Methodism challenged Southern secular mores. For this reason, Methodism evoked sustained opposition, especially from elite white men. Lyerly analyses the public denunciations, domestic assaults on Methodist women and children, and mob violence against black Methodists. These attacks, Lyerly argues, served to bind Methodists more closely to…

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List price: $195.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/24/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.09" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction: When Worlds Collide



Revolutions Civil and Religious: Methodist Beginnings in America



The Marrow of the Methodist Self: Doctrines, Values, and Practices



Slaves and Free Blacks in the Church



The Poverty of Riches: Methodists and Class



"Mothers in Israel": White Women in the Church



Slavery, Racism, and the Master-Slave Relationship



Turning the World Upside Down: The Stakes of the Conflict


Epilogue


Appendix


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index