Avenues of faith: shaping the urban religious culture of Richmond, Virginia, 1900-1929
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Main Author: Shepherd, Samuel Claude (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Press ©2001
Series:Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-399) and index
This first thorough study of organized mainline churches in a major southern American city during the early 20th century makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of urban religion. Avenues of Faith documents how religion flourished in southern cities after the turn of the century and how a cadre of clergy and laity created a notably progressive religious culture in Richmond, the bastion of the Old South. Famous as the former capital of the Confederacy, Richmond emerges as a dynamic and growing industrial city invigorated by the social activism of its Protestants
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 414 pages)
ISBN:0817310762
0817313583
9780817310769
9780817313586

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