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Southern Churches in Crisis Revisited Religion and American Culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
author
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Hill, Samuel S.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
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0817309799
print isbn13
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9780817309794
ebook isbn13
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9780585279732
language
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English
subject
Protestant churches--Southern States, Southern States--Church history.
publication date
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1999
lcc
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BR535.H5 1999eb
ddc
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280/.4/0975
subject
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Protestant churches--Southern States, Southern States--Church history.
Page i
Southern Churches in Crisis Revisited
Page ii
RELIGION AND AMERICAN CULTURE
Series Editors David Edwin Harrell Wayne Flynt Edith L. Blumhofer
Page iii
Southern Churches in Crisis Revisited
Samuel S. Hill
Page iv
Copyright 1999 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
New edition 1999. Originally published 1966 by Henry Holt and Company. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99
Cover design by Shari DeGraw
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hill, Samuel S. Southern churches in crisis revisited / Samuel S. Hill. New ed. p. cm. (Religion and American culture) Rev. ed. of: Southern churches in crisis. 1st ed. 1966. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0979-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Protestant churches Southern States. 2. Southern States Church history. I. Hill, Samuel S. Southern churches in crisis. II. Title. III. Series: Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) BR535.145 1999 280' .4'0975dc21 98-58067
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available
Page v
To the memory of my father Samuel Smythe Hill who, in his integrity, openness of mind, and magnanimity of spirit, embodied the finest qualities of the southern church in his generation.
Page vii
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Southern Churches in Crisis Revisited
xi
Studies since 1990: A Representative List
xxv
Thirty Years Later: An Interpretive Essay
xxix
Introduction
lxiii
Part i The Distinctiveness of the Southern Religious Picture
1 The Changing South and Regional Religion: An Overview
3
2 The Southern Accent in Religion
20
3 The Peculiarity of the Southern Religious Situation
40
4 The Shaping Forces in the Southern Religious Heritage
51
Part ii The Essence of Popular Southern Protestantism
5 The Central Theme
73
6 Theological Fruits of the Central Theme
89
7 Practical Fruits of the Central Theme
103
Part iii Classification of Popular Southern Protestantism
8 Southern Religion in Relation to Historical Christianity
119
9 Church-Type, Sect-Type
139
Part iv Beyond Analysis: The Church in a Changing Society
10 The Uses of Religion in the South
163
11 The Threat of Rejection
175
12 The Danger of Irresponsibility
193
Notes
212
Index
231
Page ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following publishers for the explicit use of their publications:
Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, for Emory S. Bucke, ed., The History of American Methodism, copyright 1964, and for Colin W. Williams, John Wesley's Theology Today, copyright 1960.
Belknap Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Perry Miller, Errand into the Wilderness,
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