One Name But Several Faces: Variety in Popular Christian Denominations in Southern History

by Samuel S. Hill

In this richly suggestive overview, a noted historian illuminates the variety and vitality of southern religion by examining three major Protestant denominational families in the region: Baptists, "Christians" (for example, the Churches of Christ), and the "of God" groups (Pentecostals, among others). Ranging in coverage from the colonial period to the present, with special emphasis on the nineteenth century, Samuel S. Hill traces the growth and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820317926
• ISBN13: 9780820317922
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"