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Abstract: Beginning in 1799, the Great Revival drastically reconfigured the
religious identity of south-central Appalachia. From this event, a distinctive religious
culture developed in the region during the antebellum period, one that was unique on the
American religious landscape. Protestantism as it developed in Appalachia valued the
primacy of the individual, embraced an anti-authoritarian ... read moreconception of church structure,
and emphasized an emotive religious experience. This culture rejected the social and
crusading understanding of Protestantism nurtured elsewhere in the United States by the
zeal of the Second Great Awakening. Appalachian Protestants' individualistic ideals were
tempered, however, by their simultaneous desire for communal stability and cohesion, which
resulted in a carefully tensioned balance between believers' independence and
interdependence.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2012.
Submitted to the Dept. of History.
Advisor: Benjamin Carp.
Committee: Alisha Rankin, and Heather Curtis.
Keywords: American history, and Religious history.read less
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