Frontier Mission: A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861 by Posey, Walter Brownlow

Frontier Mission: A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813153933)

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Frontier Mission: A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861 by Posey, Walter Brownlow

Frontier Mission: A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861

$35.00
Frontier Mission: A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861 by Posey, Walter Brownlow

Frontier Mission: A History of Religion West of the Southern Appalachians to 1861

$35.00
Format: Paperback
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Religion is viewed here as the great cultural force which introduced and preserved civilization in the era of westward expansion from 1776 to the eve of the Civil War. In this first major study of religion in the South, Mr. Posey surveys the work of the seven chief denominations-Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Disciples of Christ, Cumberland Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and Protestant Episcopal-as they developed in the frontier region that now comprises the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alab

Author: Walter Brownlow Posey
ISBN-10: 081315393X
ISBN-13: 9780813153933
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
By Walter Brownlow Posey
By Walter Brownlow Posey
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The author of earlier works on the Methodists, the Presbyterians, and the Baptists, Walter Brownlow Posey was educated at the University of Chicago and at Vanderbilt University. He is chairman of the department of history at Agnes Scott College and is also professor of history at Emory University. His most recent work is Religious Strife on the Southern Frontier.

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