Cover of Democratic Religion

Democratic Religion

by Gregory A. Wills

1996 206 pages eng

Democracy has not always fostered anti-authoritarian individualism. No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists. Most antebellum southern Baptist churches allowed women and slaves to vote on membership matters and preferred populist pr…

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