Liberal Theology and Social Conservatism: A Southern Tradition, 1840–1920

摘要: In the late-flowering study of religion in South, relatively little attention has been given to its intellectual traditions. The field's rich body literature, largely produced last two decades, yielded only one serious theology region, E. Brooks Holifield's Gentlemen Theologians. So great historians' stress upon heartfelt, emotional character popular says Holifield, that even inquire into a “Southern religious ‘mind’ … is question commonplace.” One might say that, lacking Jonathan Edwards, South no call for Perry Miller. Even Holifield felt compelled analyze social status his regional divines order create interest their tomes derivative common sense theology.