A Coat of Many Colors: Religion and Society along the Cape Fear River of North C

Description: A Coat of Many Colors by Walter H. Conser While religious diversity is often considered a relatively recent phenomenon in America, the Cape Fear region of North Carolina has been a diverse community since the area was first settled. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description While religious diversity is often considered a relatively recent phenomenon in America, the Cape Fear region of North Carolina has been a diverse community since the area was first settled. The Cape Fear River and the port city of Wilmington were more urban than the rest of the state; thus the region provided people with opportunities seldom found in other parts of North Carolina. These opportunities drew residents from many ethnic backgrounds, and the residents brought their religious traditions with them. In A Coat of Many Colors, Walter H. Conser Jr. explores how religious and racial diversity in the Cape Fear region have functioned as a microcosm for the South and examines the ways in which religion can affect such diverse aspects of life as architecture and race relations. Author Biography Walter H. Conser Jr., professor of religious studies and history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, is the author of several books, including God and the Natural World: Religion and Science in Antebellum America. Review ""A Coat of Many Colors is a sweeping survey of religious life in southeastern North Carolina from pre-European contact to the recent past. Richly detailed and deeply researched, Conser -- a professor of religious studies and history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington -- demonstrably writes with an intimate awareness of the region he describes. To be sure, A Coat of Many Colors is now the authoritative work on religion in southeastern North Caolina, but this volume is not simply a narrow provincial study." -- Luke E. Harlow, Rice University, Journal of Southern Religion" -- Luke E. Harlow, Journal of Southern Religion""Ambitious in chronological and thematic scope, the book paints a compelling and unconventional portrait of religious life in the region... Walter H. Conser, Jr.s book breaks important ground in the study of southern religion."" -- South Carolina Historical Magazine""Conser does a superb job with the broad strokes, and how they represent developments in American religious history. The books breadth of coverage makes its own significant contribution. Consers methodology, in fact, provides an excellent model for other historians who seek to tell the story of American religion in regional locations." -- Mark G. Toulouse, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, American Historical Review" -- Mark G. Toulouse, American Historical Review"A wonderful book, broadly conceived, deeply researched, beautifully written, and carefully documented. It exemplifies that aphorism about how much can be learned by asking big questions about little places." -- John B. Boles, William P. Hobby Professor of History, Rice University"Conser bolsters his books chronological sweep by steadying it upon a sturdy and eclectic evidentiary foundation... Deeply researched subregional studies like this one will provide scholars with the tools they need to take up Consers call to create a new map of Americas changing religious terrain." -- North Carolina Historical Review"Represents regional institutional history at its best.... Consers work deserves attention from all who are interested in southern history, American religion, and sociocultural studies. Highly recommended." -- Choice"Students of religious history have long been methodologically inventive bringing analytical tools from sociology, ethnography, anthropology, geography, and elsewhere to bear in their research. Conser and Payne fully embrace this trend toward interdisciplinary scholarship...." -- Church History"The variety and sweep of the narrative take the readers breath away." -- Robert Calhoon, University of North Carolina at Greensboro"Uses sermon texts, congressional records, newspaper accounts, and family memoirs to explore the evolution of religious life in the South from Native American traditions to the arrival of mosques and Buddhist temples." -- Wilmington Star-News"Walter H. Conser Jr. provides a thorough survey of religion in the Cape Fear region, the southeastern quadrant of North Carolina... [which] is a microcosm of the larger history of religion in America. Along the way, we learn about local people, institutions, and churches, with a degree of detail and specificity that could only have come from a historian who is also a local resident." -- Journal of American History"Winner of the Clarendon Cup given by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society." -- "Winner of the 2007 Book Award given by the North Carolina Presbyterian Historical Society." -- Review Quote Winner of the Clarendon Cup given by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society. Details ISBN0813192811 Short Title COAT OF MANY COLORS Series Religion in the South Language English ISBN-10 0813192811 ISBN-13 9780813192819 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint The University Press of Kentucky Place of Publication Lexington Country of Publication United States Pages 384 Illustrations photos Subtitle Religion and Society along the Cape Fear River of North Carolina UK Release Date 2009-11-13 Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-11-13 AU Release Date 2009-11-13 NZ Release Date 2009-11-13 US Release Date 2009-11-13 Author Walter H. Conser Publisher The University Press of Kentucky DEWEY 200.97562 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139222034;

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