The religious revivalism in the South Carolina lowcountry, 1670-1760Little, Thomas J. (Thomas James)1963-creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.Church history.History.cau2013monographiceng1 online resource"During the late seventeenth century, a heterogeneous mixture of Protestant settlers made their way to the South Carolina lowcountry from both the Old World and elsewhere in the New. Representing a hodgepodge of European religious traditions, they shaped the foundations of a new and distinct plantation society in the British-Atlantic world. The Lords Proprietors of Carolina made vigorous efforts to recruit Nonconformists to their overseas colony by granting settlers considerable freedom of religion and liberty of conscience. Codified in the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, this toleration ultimately attracted a substantial number of settlers of many and varying Christian denominations. In The Origins of Southern Evangelicalism, Thomas J. Little refutes commonplace beliefs that South Carolina grew spiritually lethargic and indifferent to religion in the colonial era. Little argues that pluralism engendered religious renewal and revival, which developed further after Anglicans in the colony secured legal establishment for their church. The Carolina colony emerged at the fulcrum of an international Protestant awakening that embraced a more emotional, individualistic religious experience and helped to create a transatlantic evangelical movement in the mideighteenth century. Offering new perspectives on both early American history and the religious history of the colonial South, The Origins of Southern Evangelicalism charts the regional spread of early evangelicalism in the too often neglected South Carolina lowcountry--the economic and cultural center of the lower southern colonies. Although evangelical Christianity has long been and continues to be the dominant religion of the American South, historians have traditionally described it as a comparatively late-flowering development in British America. Reconstructing the history of religious revivalism in the lowcountry and placing the subject firmly within an Atlantic world context, Little demonstrates that evangelical Christianity had much earlier beginnings in prerevolutionary southern society than historians have traditionally recognized"--Libertines, sectaries, and enthusiasts : the formation of an evangelical tradition -- True-blue Protestants : religious eclecticism and the Church of England -- A party of seekers : the origins of Southern evangelicalism -- A hammer and a fire : George Whitefield and the first great awakening -- The kingdom of heaven : continuing the great awakening tradition -- Wrestling with God : Protestant evangelicalism in the lowcountry and beyond.Thomas J. Little.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-us-scn-usu--South CarolinaChurch history17th centurySouth CarolinaChurch history18th centuryEvangelicalismSouthern StatesHistory17th centuryEvangelicalismSouthern StatesHistory18th centuryRELIGIONChristian MinistryEvangelismRELIGIONHistoryHISTORYUnited StatesState & LocalSouth (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)RELIGIONChristianityHistoryEvangelicalismSouth CarolinaSouthern StatesRELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism 1600-1799 fast BR555.S6 L58 2013eb277.57/07REL030000 REL033000 HIS036120Little, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1963-(DLC) 2013013550(OCoLC)8418938819781611172751161117275612999915139781299991514530402 MIL22573/ctv6vr237 JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=652356http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=652356N$T13102120200709060004.0ocn861200334eng