Democratic Religion: Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900 by Gregory A. Wills

Democratic Religion: Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900

Gregory A. Wills

208 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists. Most antebellum southern Baptist churches allowed women and slaves to vote on membership matters and preferred populists preachers who ad...

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