Southern religion and Christian diversity in the twentieth century /Wayne Flynt ; foreword by Charles A. Israel and John M. Giggie.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword by Charles A. Israel and John M. Giggie; Preface; Introduction: Southern Religion and Christian Diversity, 1890-2015; 1. Growing Up Baptist in Anniston, Alabama: The Legacy of the Reverend Charles R. Bell Jr.; 2. Dissent in Zion: Alabama Baptists and Social Issues, 1900-1914; 3. Alabama Methodists and the Social Gospel, 1900-1930; 4. Organized Labor, Reform, and Alabama Politics, 1920; 5. Religion in the Urban South: The Divided Religious Mind of Birmingham, 1900-1930.

6. "Feeding the Hungry and Ministering to the Broken Hearted": The Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Social Gospel, 1900-19207. Southern Baptists and Appalachia: A Case Study of Modernization and Community; 8. Religion at the Polls: A Case Study of Twentieth-Century Politics and Religion in Florida; 9. One in the Spirit, Many in the Flesh: Southern Evangelicals; 10. Women, Society, and the Southern Church, 1900-1920; 11. "A Special Feeling of Closeness": Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, Leeds, Alabama; 12. Religion for the Blues: Evangelicalism, Poor Whites, and the Great Depression.

13. Conflicted Interpretations of Christ, the Church, and the American Constitution14. The South's Battle over God; 15. God's Politics: Is Southern Religion Blue, Red, or Purple?; Notes; Wayne Flynt's Works about Southern Religion Published in Books, Journals, and Anthologies from 1963 to 2011; Index.

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