“The Baptist teaching that all are equal in the sight of God seemed to run right up against the notion that any human being had a right to own another.” — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
“In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Baptist evangelicals in the South as well as throughout the country were deeply opposed to slavery. They believed that all were equal in the sight of God, criticized the categories of race… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
“The revival movement was responsible for a tremendous spread of Christianity among slaves in the South. Slaves came in their thousands to camp meetings… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“The logic of evangelical Protestants in the 18th century led to an inescapable conclusion: If God was indeed no respecter of persons, and if… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“The Baptist teaching that all are equal in the sight of God seemed to run right up against the notion that any human being… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“The political dominance of the Religious Right over the past three decades in America has had a profoundly negative effect on how Americans think about… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“Doak and other early abolitionists planted a host of Presbyterian churches and “log cabin colleges” that taught a strong antislavery doctrine. They laid the basis… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“Charles G. Finney, known as “America’s foremost revivalist,” was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening. Finney was a fiery, entertaining, and spontaneous… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“On the day of their arrival on Hazel Hill my family’s history and fortunes—and my own heritage—were first indissolubly linked with the enslavement of human… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“The roots of 20th century American fundamentalism can be discerned in the confluence of these two streams of immigration, culture, and history. A unique… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“A principal leader of the revival movement in east Tennessee was Samuel Doak, the Presbyterian minister who had delivered his famous “Sword of the Lord”… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“The same radical egalitarianism, however, could just as naturally lead to the belief that any white person, made in the image of God, should… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“Over the forty-two years that the Rice family lived in Missouri during the 19th century, the family evolved from poor dirt farmers to be… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“86 percent believe that Christians are hypocritical, saying one thing and doing another. 75 percent believe that Christians are too involved in politics. Over… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“Charles G. Finney, known as “America’s foremost revivalist,” was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening. Finney was a fiery, entertaining, and spontaneous… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“Slavery proved to be a much more complicated issue for American evangelicals both North and South, who discovered that their religious attitudes and interpretations… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
“American foreign policy and social policy for decades. Christian fundamentalism in America has its roots in the history of the South after the end… — Andrew Himes Copy Share
