Southern Cross
| Author | : Christine Leigh Heyrman |
| Publisher | : Knopf |
| Total Pages | : 492 |
| Release | : 2013-04-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780307829733 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0307829731 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Southern Cross by : Christine Leigh Heyrman
Download or read book Southern Cross written by Christine Leigh Heyrman and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an astonishing history, a work of strikingly original research and interpretation, Heyrman shows how the evangelical Protestants of the late-18th century affronted the Southern Baptist majority of the day, not only by their opposition to slaveholding, war, and class privilege, but also by their espousal of the rights of the poor and their encouragement of women's public involvement in the church.
