Research Catalog

Title

A people called Cumberland Presbyterians [by] Ben M. Barrus, Milton L. Baughn [and] Thomas H. Campbell. Foreword by C. Ray Dobbins. Introd. and chapter 16 by Hubert W. Morrow.

Author

Barrus, Ben M. (Ben Melton)

Publication

Memphis, Tenn., Frontier Press [1972]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baughn, Milton L.
• Campbell, Thomas H.

Description

xiii, 625 pages illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Cumberland Presbyterian Church > History
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church
• Presbyterianisme

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 573-600.

Contents

Part I: Background and formation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, through 1829 -- Born in controversy: Early American Presbyterianism -- The right to dissent -- Presbyterianism on the frontier: a new awakening -- Pressure for ministers: a growing dispute -- Unresolved differences: a new church -- Old issues revisited: an interpretation -- Vast fields to cultivate -- Part II: Growth and development of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1830-1900 -- Answering the Macedonian cry: missions and expansion to 1860 -- Weathering the storm over slavery and sectionalism -- Extending the missionary frontier, 1861-1900 -- Preachers of the gospel -- The handmaid to religion -- Problems with publications -- The church and the "world" -- "A position of usefulness and respectability" -- A progressive theology -- Part III: The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the twentieth century, 1901-1970 -- Moving in to possess the land -- Enduring through crisis -- The broken body -- Gathering together the pieces -- Broadening of horizons -- Pulling through a depression -- World War II and postwar ferment -- Advance in the mid-century.

LCCN

72078012

OCLC

• ocm00379514
• 379514
• SCSB-218263

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library