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Archibald Simpson's unpeaceable kingdom : the ordeal of evangelicalism in the Colonial South

Title
Archibald Simpson's unpeaceable kingdom : the ordeal of evangelicalism in the Colonial South / Peter N. Moore.
Author
Moore, Peter N., 1961-
Publication
  • Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
xxix, 221 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits; 24 cm
Summary
This book draws on the life of Presbyterian minister and diarist Archibald Simpson (1734-1795) to examine the history of evangelical Protestantism in South Carolina and the British Atlantic during the last half of the eighteenth century. The author reconstructs the ordeal of the evangelical movement and analyzes the effects of the Great Awakening.
Series Statement
Religion in American history
Uniform Title
Religion in American history.
Subject
  • Simpson, Archibald, approximately 1734-approximately 1795
  • 1600-1775
  • Evangelicalism > Southern States > History > 18th century
  • Presbyterians > South Carolina > Biography
  • Great Awakening
  • Southern States > Church history > 18th century
  • Southern States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Archibald Simpson, his book -- 1. Awakening: Glasgow, 1742 -- 2. Less than nothing -- 3. All flame -- 4. Prisoner of hope -- 5. Trouble in Israel -- 6. A dying world -- 7. Dreams of Ethiopia -- 8. Dangers, toils, and snares -- 9. Two communities at war -- 10. All society seems at an end -- Epilogue: All in all.
Call Number
JFE 18-6153
ISBN
  • 1498569900
  • 9781498569903
OCLC
1023597915
Author
Moore, Peter N., 1961- author.
Title
Archibald Simpson's unpeaceable kingdom : the ordeal of evangelicalism in the Colonial South / Peter N. Moore.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Religion in American history
Religion in American history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
Chronological Term
1600-1775
Research Call Number
JFE 18-6153
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