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“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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