Science, Religion, and Evolution in the Civil War EraHampton, Monte Harrell.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.aluTuscaloosaUniversity of Alabama Press2014monographiceng

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1 online resource (358 pages).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 a divine, Biblically ordained order. Beginning in the 1840s, however, this facile identification became more difficult to maintain, colliding.Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "The Presbyterian and Orthodox Idiosyncrasy of Mind"; 2. Navigating by the "Pole-Star": The Engagement with Modernity; 3. A "New and Frisky Science": Race, Religion, and the Response to Anthropology; 4. The Fidelity of a "Handmaid": Genesis and Geology in the Presbyterian South; 5. "A Revolution in Our Church": Founding and Filling the Perkins Professorship; 6. "The Serpent-Trail of Rationalism"; 7. "A Crown Pure and Bright": The Southern Presbyterian Evolution Controversy; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-usu--n-us---American Civil War (1861-1865)Presbyterian ChurchSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Christianity and cultureUnited StatesReligion and scienceRELIGIONChristianityPresbyterianChristianity and culturePresbyterian ChurchReligion and scienceSouthern StatesUnited States 1800 - 1899 fast BX8962 .H36 2014285/.17509034Hampton, Monte Harrell.Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 20149780817387624081738762597808173183140817318313http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=799543http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=799543EBLCP14062320200709060143.0ocn881608077eng