Storm of Words: Science, Religion, and Evolution in the Civil War Era

by Monte Harrell Hampton

Storm of Words is a study of the ways that southern Presbyterians in the wake of the Civil War contended with a host of cultural and theological questions, chief among them developments in natural history and evolution.

Southern Presbyterian theologians enjoyed a prominent position in antebellum southern culture. Respected for both their erudition and elite constituency, these theologians identified the southern society as representing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817318313
• ISBN13: 9780817318314
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"