Keywords:
Revivals
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Revivals Southern States
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Revivals
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Revivals
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Revivals
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RELIGION ; Christian Ministry ; Evangelism
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Revivals
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Church history
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Erweckungsbewegung
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Southern States Church history.
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Southern States Church history
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Southern States
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Southern States Church history
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Southern States Church history
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Southern States Church history.
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Southern States
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USA ; Südstaaten
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books Church history
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USA
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Erweckungsbewegung
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Geschichte 1787-1865
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USA
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Erweckungsbewegung
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Geschichte 1787-1865
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
xvii, 236 p., [4] p. of plates
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ill., maps
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23 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2001 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
ISBN:
0813170656
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9780813170657
Series Statement:
Religion in the South 1
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URL:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780813170657.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Rev. ed. of: The Great Revival, 1787-1805. 1972
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-221) and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2001
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