In Subjection

This study of church discipline cases describes a system of subjection with obligations for all--men, women, parents, children, masters, and servants. Although many historians have mistaken this for oppression, most Southerners accepted the idea of subjection, regarding it as a divinely ordained system for their mutual governance and benefit. Using Baptist church record books from across North and South Carolina, the author invites readers to sit in on business meetings of the past to see how churches regulated the behavior of their members. Complete with a map and statistical tables, this book argues that church discipline bound everyone together in mutual subjection to a shared code of conduct rather than empowering white men exclusively with a position of authority over others.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 12/01/2014
ISBN: 9780881465006
Pages: 178
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 02/06/2015 pg. 19
Choice 07/01/2015