04137nam a2200421 i 4500 ebr10783507 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130524t20132013cau ob 001 0 eng|d 9781611172744 (hardback) 9781611172751 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)861200334 n-us-sc n-usu-- BR555.S6 L58 2013eb 277.57/07 23 Little, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1963- The origins of southern evangelicalism : religious revivalism in the South Carolina lowcountry, 1670-1760 / Thomas J. Little. Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2013] �2013 1 online resource (297 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Evangelicalism Southern States History 17th century. Evangelicalism Southern States History 18th century. South Carolina Church history 17th century. South Carolina Church history 18th century. Electronic books. Print version: Little, Thomas J. Origins of southern evangelicalism : religious revivalism in the South Carolina lowcountry, 1670-1760. Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2013] xv, 280 pages 9781611172744 (DLC) 2013013550 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10783507 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 132930 132930