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- catalog abstract ""In 1966, Samuel S. Hill's Southern Churches in Crisis argued that southern Protestantism, a cornerstone of white southern society and culture, was shirking its moral duty by refusing to join in the fight for racial justice."--BOOK JACKET. "In Southern Churches in Crisis Revisited, which includes the 1966 text in full, Hill reexamines his earlier predictions in a new introductory essay that also describes how the study of religion in the South has become a major field of scholarly inquiry. Hill skillfully engages his critics and revisers, integrating new perspectives and recent scholarship."--Jacket. "In a second essay titled "Thirty Years Later," Hill contends that a new crisis has emerged. He finds that the current dilemma, unlike the externally driven crisis of the 1960s, is strictly an internal affair, initiated by the churches and related to doctrinal orthodoxy. He concludes that the triumph of rational purity over the "religion of the heart" has inaugurated an era in the South's religious life that promises to produce major changes in the storied relation of church and culture in this most visibly religious section of the United States."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11125132.
- catalog contributor b11125133.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Church history.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""In 1966, Samuel S. Hill's Southern Churches in Crisis argued that southern Protestantism, a cornerstone of white southern society and culture, was shirking its moral duty by refusing to join in the fight for racial justice."--BOOK JACKET. "In Southern Churches in Crisis Revisited, which includes the 1966 text in full, Hill reexamines his earlier predictions in a new introductory essay that also describes how the study of religion in the South has become a major field of scholarly inquiry. Hill skillfully engages his critics and revisers, integrating new perspectives and recent scholarship."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""In a second essay titled "Thirty Years Later," Hill contends that a new crisis has emerged. He finds that the current dilemma, unlike the externally driven crisis of the 1960s, is strictly an internal affair, initiated by the churches and related to doctrinal orthodoxy. He concludes that the triumph of rational purity over the "religion of the heart" has inaugurated an era in the South's religious life that promises to produce major changes in the storied relation of church and culture in this most visibly religious section of the United States."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-229) and index.".
- catalog description "The distinctiveness of the Southern religious picture. The changing South and regional religion: an overview ; The Southern accent in religion ; The peculiarity of the Southern religious situation ; The shaping forces in the Southern religious heritage -- The essence of popular Southern Protestantism. The central theme ; Theological fruits of the central theme ; Practical fruits of the central theme -- Classification of popular Southern Protestantism. Southern religion in relation to historical Christianity ; Church-type, sect-type -- Beyond analysis: the church in a changing society. The uses of religion in the South ; The threat of rejection ; The danger of irresponsibility.".
- catalog extent "lxix, 234 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0817309799 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Religion and American culture".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Church history.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States.".
- catalog subject "280/.4/0975 21".
- catalog subject "BR535 .H5 1999".
- catalog subject "Protestant churches Southern States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The distinctiveness of the Southern religious picture. The changing South and regional religion: an overview ; The Southern accent in religion ; The peculiarity of the Southern religious situation ; The shaping forces in the Southern religious heritage -- The essence of popular Southern Protestantism. The central theme ; Theological fruits of the central theme ; Practical fruits of the central theme -- Classification of popular Southern Protestantism. Southern religion in relation to historical Christianity ; Church-type, sect-type -- Beyond analysis: the church in a changing society. The uses of religion in the South ; The threat of rejection ; The danger of irresponsibility.".
- catalog title "Southern churches in crisis revisited / Samuel S. Hill.".
- catalog type "Church history. fast".
- catalog type "text".