Title Alabama Baptists : Southern Baptists in the heart of Dixie / Wayne Flynt.

Descript 1 online resource (xxi, 731 pages) : illustrations, map. Series Religion and American culture Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 687-705) and index. Contents Alabama Baptist Chronology -- 1. Confronting the Frontier, 1800-1845 -- 2. Taming the Frontier, 1800-1845 -- 3. The Work of the Gospel, 1845-1860 -- 4. War and Reunion, 1860-1874 -- 5. Building a New South, 1875-1890 -- 6. Revolt at the Forks of the Creek, 1890-1900 -- 7. Progressivism and Baptists, 1900-1920 -- 8. The Ballyhoo Years Alabama-Style, the 1920's -- 9. The Great Depression, 1930-1939 -- 10. War and Remembrance, 1940-1954 -- 11. Racial Religion, 1955-1970 -- 12. Race and Politics during the 1970's -- 13. The Fundamentalist Controversy in Alabama, 1980-1998. Summary Alabama Baptists provides the definitive history of the dominant religious group within the state of Alabama from the first decade of the 19th century to the present. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Alabama Baptist State Convention -- History. Alabama Baptist State Convention. (OCoLC)fst00648583 Baptists -- Alabama -- History. Alabama -- Church history. RELIGION -- Christianity -- Baptist. Baptists. (OCoLC)fst00827285 Alabama. (OCoLC)fst01204694 Christianity. ISBN 0585224544 (electronic bk.) 9780585224541 (electronic bk.) 0817309276 (cloth ; alk. paper)