Oliver Hart and the rise of Baptist America / Eric C. Smith.
"Oliver Hart was arguably the most important evangelical leader of the pre-revolutionary South. For thirty years the pastor of the Charleston Baptist Church, Hart's energetic ministry breathed new life into that congregation and the struggling Baptist cause in the region. As the founder of...
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[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. "The humble Baptists": Oliver Hart's Baptist Community
- 2. "The power of religion greatly displayed": Baptists and the Great Awakening
- 3. "All things are become new": Moving to the South
- 4. "Bringing many souls home to Jesus Christ": Moderate Revivalism in Charleston
- 5. "A regular Confederation": Laying the Foundations of the Baptist South
- 6. "Every day brings fresh wonders!": The 1754 Charleston Revival.
- 7. "Seals of my ministry": Training the Next Generation
- 8. "Promoting so laudable a Design": Baptist Development in the 1760s
- 9. "Comforts and mercies, losses and crosses": A Transitional Season
- 10. "The rising glory of this continent": The American Revolution
- 11. "Directed in the path of duty": Staying the Course
- 12. "The Baptist Interest": A Respectable Denomination in a New Nation
- 13. "All the Baptists on the Continent": A Dream Briefly Realized
- Bibliography
- Index.