{"product_id":"from-mounds-to-megachurches-georgias-religious-heritage-paperback","title":"From Mounds to Megachurches: Georgia's Religious Heritage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid S. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFrom Mounds to Megachurches\u003c\/i\u003e David S. Williams offers a sweeping overview of the role religion has played in Georgia's history, from precolonial days to the modern era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliams shows that colonial Georgia was a remarkably diverse place, populated by mainline colonial congregations that included Anglicans, Roman Catholics, German- and Spanish-speaking Jews, Salzburg Lutherans, and Scottish Presbyterians. It wasn't until much later that evangelicalism triumphed and Baptists became the overwhelmingly dominant denomination. Williams uses the stories of such important figures as Tomochichi, John Wesley, Jesse Mercer, Henry McNeal Turner, Lillian Smith, Martin Luther King Jr., and Clarence Jordan to portray larger historical narratives and denominational battles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRace and religion were intertwined not only in such key movements as abolition and civil rights but also throughout Georgia's history. \"In order to fully grasp the religious heritage of Georgia,\" Williams says, \"we must return again and again to racial matters.\" Recently, Georgians have seen racial, ethnic, and religious diversity grow as Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i, and other communities have settled in the state. Williams explores how Georgians have dealt with contemporary issues of tolerance and how, at times, the state has taken center stage in our nation's culture wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirmly rooting religious history in a social, cultural, and political context, Williams presents a representative and balanced account of Georgia's religious heritage. \u003ci\u003eFrom Mounds to Megachurches\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on what it means to be a Georgian by exploring an issue that remains central to life in the Sunbelt South.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid S. Williams is director of the Honors Program and Meigs Professor of Religion at the University of Georgia. He is the author of two previous books in religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757848166688,"sku":"9780820337838","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9da8812780eccf5f6d26d84909a89f16.webp?v=1780113081","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/from-mounds-to-megachurches-georgias-religious-heritage-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}