From Mounds to Megachurches: Georgia's Religious HeritageUniversity of Georgia Press, 25/01/2010 - 219 من الصفحات In From Mounds to Megachurches David S. Williams offers a sweeping overview of the role religion has played in Georgia's history, from precolonial days to the modern era. Williams shows that colonial Georgia was a remarkably diverse place, populated by mainline colonial congregations that included Anglicans, Roman Catholics, German- and Spanish-speaking Jews, Salzburg Lutherans, and Scottish Presbyterians. It wasn't until much later that evangelicalism triumphed and Baptists became the overwhelmingly dominant denomination. Williams uses the stories of such important figures as Tomochichi, John Wesley, Jesse Mercer, Henry McNeal Turner, Lillian Smith, Martin Luther King Jr., and Clarence Jordan to portray larger historical narratives and denominational battles. Race and religion were intertwined not only in such key movements as abolition and civil rights but also throughout Georgia's history. "In order to fully grasp the religious heritage of Georgia," Williams says, "we must return again and again to racial matters." Recently, Georgians have seen racial, ethnic, and religious diversity grow as Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i, and other communities have settled in the state. Williams explores how Georgians have dealt with contemporary issues of tolerance and how, at times, the state has taken center stage in our nation's culture wars. Firmly rooting religious history in a social, cultural, and political context, Williams presents a representative and balanced account of Georgia's religious heritage. From Mounds to Megachurches sheds new light on what it means to be a Georgian by exploring an issue that remains central to life in the Sunbelt South. |
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... history of religion in Georgia since the Revolution is largely the story of the growth of Evangelical Protestant denominations, especially the Baptist and the Methodist.” As a one-sentence summary, this cuts to the heart of the ...
... history has been written in black and white. Therefore, in order to fully grasp the religious heritage of Georgia, we must return again and again to racial matters. The polarities that Christ Church and First African Baptist reflect ...
... historical interest since it was the northernmost Spanish outpost along the coastline for many years. In addition, it ... History in Atlanta has drawn attention to the abundance of items buried with Indians at the St. Catherines site, a ...
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Seeds Are Sown | 18 |
God Is Calling Evry Nation | 31 |
The Crucible of Slavery | 49 |
A Racial Pas de Deux | 70 |
In the Shadow of Jim Crow | 84 |
Things Are Stirring | 104 |
Culture and Worship Wars | 123 |
Epilogue | 145 |
Notes | 151 |
Bibliography | 193 |
Index | 213 |