To Raise Up the South is the first book to examine the role of southern Sunday schools in black and white churches in the half century following the Civil War. It shows the important role that the Sunday schools played in uplifting a destitute region and, by the end of the century, helping that region adjust to a modernizing world. McMillen analyzes seven black and white denominations that, after realizing that the majority of new converts came from the Sunday school, shifted their focus to community children. She asserts that the tremendous growth in church membership in the New South resulted directly from the expansion of Sunday schools.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN-13
9780807127490
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104568593
Product Key Features
Author
Not Available
Publication Name
To Raise Up the South: Sunday Schools in Black and White Churches, 1865-1915
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
297 Pages
Additional Product Features
Topic
Christianity
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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