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American evangelicals : a contemporary history of a mainstream religious movement / Barry Hankins.

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by Hankins, Barry, 1956-
Call Number 277.3082 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary There may be no group in American society that is more talked about but so little understood as Evangelical Christians. Sometimes dismissed as violent fundamentalists and ignorant flat earthers, few can doubt the political, cultural, and religious significance of the Evangelicals. Barry Hankins puts the Evangelical movement in historical perspective, reaching back to its roots in the Great Awakening of the 18th century and leading up to the formative moments of contemporary conservative Protestantism. Taking on key topics such as the standing of science, the authority of scripture, and gender.
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Sacred scripture, sacred war : the Bible and the American Revolution / James P. Byrd.

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by Byrd, James P., 1965-
Call Number 261.873 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary The American colonists who took up arms against the British fought in defense of the 'sacred cause of liberty.' But it was not merely their cause but warfare itself that they believed was sacred. In this book, James P. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution.
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The last segregated hour : the Memphis kneel-ins and the campaign for Southern church desegregation / Stephen R. Haynes.

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by Haynes, Stephen R.
Call Number 277.68190826 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary Throughout the South, the Civil Rights Movement inched along over a period of years, making segregated facilities and discriminatory practices the focus of attention and conflict. In this book, Haynes brings to life a dramatic, yet little studied tactic adopted by protesters in the struggle.
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The Public Universal Friend : Jemima Wilkinson and religious enthusiasm in revolutionary America / Paul B. Moyer.

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by Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- author.
Call Number 289.9 23
Publication Date 2015
Summary "In The Public Universal Friend, Paul B. Moyer tells the story of Wilkinson and her remarkable church, the Society of Universal Friends. Wilkinson's message was a simple one: humankind stood on the brink of the Apocalypse, but salvation was available to all who accepted God's grace and the authority of his prophet: the Public Universal Friend. Wilkinson preached widely in southern New England and Pennsylvania, attracted hundreds of devoted followers, formed them into a religious sect, and, by the late 1780s, had led her converts to the backcountry of the newly formed United States, where they established a religious community near present-day Penn Yan, New York. Even this remote spot did not provide a safe haven for Wilkinson and her followers as they awaited the Millennium. Disputes from within and without dogged the sect, and many disciples drifted away or turned against the Friend. After Wilkinson's "second" and final death in 1819, the Society rapidly fell into decline and, by the mid-nineteenth century, ceased to exist. The prophet's ministry spanned the American Revolution and shaped the nation's religious landscape during the unquiet interlude between the first and second Great Awakenings."--Publisher's description.
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Building a new Jerusalem : John Davenport, a Puritan in three worlds / Francis J. Bremer.

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by Bremer, Francis J.
Call Number 285.9092 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary This enlightening biography of an important figure in New England history provides a unique perspective on the 17th-century transatlantic Puritan movement.
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