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BL
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636089
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Hall, Randal L.,1971-
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| Title & Author
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William Louis Poteat : : a leader of the progressive-era South /\ Randal L. Hall.
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| Publication Statement
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Lexington, Ky. :: University Press of Kentucky,, c2000.
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| Series Statement
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Religion in the South
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262 p. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0813121558 (alk. paper)
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: 9780813121550 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-257) and index.
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| Contents
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Genesis of a Southern Reformer -- Separate Spheres--Personal, Professional, Religious -- Christian Progressivism in the South -- Wrestling New South Education -- Christianity, Enlightenment, and Baptist Democracy -- Spokesman for Another Lost Cause.
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| Abstract
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"William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a conservative Baptist slaveholder, became one of the most outspoken southern liberals during his lifetime. He was a rarity in the South for openly teaching evolution beginning in the 1880s, and during his tenure as president of Wake Forest College (1905-1927) his advocacy of social Christianity stood in stark contrast to the zeal for practical training that swept through the New South's state universities.".
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"Poteat also embodied the struggle with the intellectual compromises that tortured contemporary social critics in the South. Though he took a liberal position on numerous issues, he was a staunch advocate for prohibition and became a strong supporter of eugenics, a position he adopted after following his beliefs in a natural hierarchy and absolute moral order to their ultimate conclusion." "Randal Hall's revisionist biography presents a nuanced portrait of Poteat, shedding new light on southern intellectual life, religious development, higher education, and politics in the region during his lifetime."--BOOK JACKET.
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Poteat, William Louis,1856-1938.
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Wake Forest College-- Faculty
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Social reformers-- North Carolina, Biography.
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Biology teachers-- North Carolina, Biography.
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College teachers-- North Carolina, Biography.
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Baptists-- North Carolina, Biography.
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Evolution-- Study and teaching-- North Carolina-- History.
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Evolution-- Religious aspects-- Baptists.
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| LC Classification
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HV28.P67H35 2000
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