Forging a Christian order : South Carolina Baptists, race, and slavery, 1696-1860 /

Forging a Christian order : South Carolina Baptists, race, and slavery, 1696-1860 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kellison, Kimberly R., 1967- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]
Description:	xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	America's Baptists America's Baptists.
Subject:	Slavery and the church -- Baptists. Slavery and the church -- South Carolina. Slavery -- United States -- Justification. Baptists -- South Carolina -- History. Baptists. Slavery and the church. Slavery and the church -- Baptists. Slavery -- Justification. South Carolina. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13152737

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ISBN:	9781621907596 1621907597 9781621907602
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This is a comprehensive examination of the Baptist movement in South Carolina from its founding to the eve of the Civil War. The author argues that from the beginning, the Baptist impulse and organization were driven by elites, who closely valued hierarchy and from the earliest times mounted a Christian defense of slavery. While the ideology of Baptists tended to emanate from the lowcountry, and there was some resistance to its details in the upcountry, Baptists ministers throughout the state fashioned a Christianized version of slavery that legitimized the institution"--
Other form:	Online version: Kellison, Kimberly R., 1967- Forging a Christian order First edition Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2023 9781621907602

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Framing a Christian Order
2. Growth, 1760-1790: A Threat to Order
3. National Denominationalism, 1790-1830
4. Defining Sectionalism, 1790-1830
5. Baptist Clashes, 1830-1845
6. Sectionalism Ordained
Conclusion
The Reframing of Christian Order
Appendices
South Carolina Baptist Church and Membership Statistics
Notes
Index