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| Other uniform titles: | Boles, John B. Great Revival, 1787-1805.
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| ISBN: | 0813170656
9780813170657
0813108624
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| Notes: | Revised edition of: The Great Revival, 1787-1805. 1972.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Drawing upon the religious writings of southern evangelicals, John Boles asserts that the extraordinary crowds and miraculous transformations that distinguished the South's First Great Awakening were not simply instances of emotional excess but the expression of widespread and complex attitudes toward God. Converted southerners were starkly individualistic, interested more in gaining personal salvation in a hopelessly evil world than in improving society. As Boles shows in this landmark study, the effect of the Revival was to throw over the region a conservative cast that remains dominant in c.
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| Other form: | Print version: Boles, John B. Great Revival. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996 0813108624
Print version: Boles, John B. Great Revival. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, γ̐ư1996 0813108624
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