The Story of Thornwell Orphanage

The Story of Thornwell Orphanage
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Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : IOWA:31858048207207
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Synopsis The Story of Thornwell Orphanage by : Lucius Ross Lynn

Presbyterians in South Carolina, 1925-1985

Presbyterians in South Carolina, 1925-1985
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781498237710
ISBN-13 : 1498237711
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Synopsis Presbyterians in South Carolina, 1925-1985 by : Nancy Snell Griffith

The history of South Carolina Presbyterians between 1925 and 1985 covers a period of great development achieved through many difficulties in church and society. We tell the story not only of the churches belonging to the PCUS, sometimes called "southern Presbyterians," but also African-American churches and institutions in South Carolina established after the Civil War by PCUSA missionaries from the North. For all Presbyterians, events between the World Wars challenged the moral stances birthed by Protestants to build a Christian America. Women's right to vote came to the nation in 1920, but claiming equality of women's roles in mainline churches took decades of advocacy. The Great Depression engulfed the whole nation, eroding funds for churches, missions, and institutions. World War II set the scene for a great period of church expansion. When moral and cultural challenges came from the Civil Rights Movement and the war in Vietnam, the church increasingly began to face these issues and tensions, both theological and social, as they arose among the members of historic denominations. An effort began to reintegrate African-American churches into the Synod of South Carolina. As the Synod of South Carolina was taken up into a larger regional body in 1973, its more conservative churches began to withdraw from the PCUS. Many congregations began to shrink and the resources for mission diminished. In telling this story we hope to provide insights into how Presbyterians in South Carolina contributed to culture, connecting their religious life and practices to a larger social setting. May a fresh look at the recent past stir us to renewal ahead.

Orphanages Reconsidered

Orphanages Reconsidered
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Publisher : Temple University Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 1566390710
ISBN-13 : 9781566390712
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Synopsis Orphanages Reconsidered by : Nurith Zmora

Countering the Dickensian stereotypes, Orphanages Reconsidered portrays how three private orphanages in Baltimore responded to the need of poor, single parents for boarding schools for their children. These innovative institutions also served as pivotal community forces, rebuilding families by providing vocational training, keeping siblings together, and encouraging orphans to maintain close ties with relatives.Fastidious research shows how the institutions-Jewish, non-denominational Protestant, and Catholic-differed in their ethnic and religious priorities, their financial support, their staffing, and their relations with the community. Nurith Zmora embellishes her portraits with institutional records, letters from the children, and published autobiographies. Author note: Nurith Zmora is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Delaware.

A Presbyterian Bibliography

A Presbyterian Bibliography
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 478
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ISBN-10 : 0810816393
ISBN-13 : 9780810816398
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis A Presbyterian Bibliography by : Harold B. Prince

Librarians, historians, researchers, students, and others interested in examining the literary production of Southern Presbyterian ministers and works written about them will find A Presbyterian Bibliography invaluable. A 4,187-entry listing of extant published writings of ministers ordained by or received into the Presbyterian Church in the United States in its first hundred years, 1861-1961, this bibliography lists works by and about PCUS ministers and gives locations of all editions found in eight significant theological collections in the U.S.A. Presbyterian seminary libraries are those of Austin, Columbia, Louisville, Princeton, Reformed, and Union (Virginia); included also are the libraries of the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches and the Presbyterian Historical Society. An examination of this listing of published (i.e., printed) books, parts of books, pamphlets, and periodical article repreints shows that PCUS ministers became authors, editors, translators, poets, dramatists, composers, and essayists who wrote sermons, polemics, commentaries, Bible studies, theologies, histories, and letters to Presidents. Content notes and annotations for many books indicate individual minister contributions. A subject index, and indexes leading to every listing of a minister's name and to the main entries of the other presons gives access to the Bibliography.

The Quarterly Bulletin

The Quarterly Bulletin
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Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112104377913
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History of South Carolina

History of South Carolina
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Total Pages : 648
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433081845921
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Synopsis History of South Carolina by : Yates Snowden

The History of MacMaster

The History of MacMaster
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Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89061966610
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Synopsis The History of MacMaster by : Fitz Hugh McMaster

John Stevenson McMaster was born 20 December 1859 in Pocomoke, Maryland. His parents were John Thomas Baylor McMaster and Elizabeth Grace Stevenson. He married Louisa Jane Dennis 15 May 1894. They had two sons. He died in 1924. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Scotland, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland,South Carolina, Iowa, Massachusetts, Canada and elsewhere.