John Leland, the colorful Baptist itinerant, was one of the most important and fascinating religious figures in early America. He is best remembered for delivering a 1,200-pound "Mammoth Cheese" to Thomas Jefferson's White House, and for negotiating the inclusion of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution with James Madison. But Leland was also a tireless revivalist and a dogged advocate of religious freedom for all, an anti-slavery spokesman and unofficial Democratic Party whip, a defender of popular Calvinism and promoter of extreme religious individualism among Baptists. Eric C. Smith explores…mehr
John Leland, the colorful Baptist itinerant, was one of the most important and fascinating religious figures in early America. He is best remembered for delivering a 1,200-pound "Mammoth Cheese" to Thomas Jefferson's White House, and for negotiating the inclusion of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution with James Madison. But Leland was also a tireless revivalist and a dogged advocate of religious freedom for all, an anti-slavery spokesman and unofficial Democratic Party whip, a defender of popular Calvinism and promoter of extreme religious individualism among Baptists. Eric C. Smith explores these and other major themes in this first-ever biography of John Leland, whose story provides a unique window into the remarkable transformations that swept American society from 1760 to 1840.
Eric C. Smith is the Senior Pastor of Sharon Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee, and a historian of American Baptists and early American religion. He is also the author of Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America (OUP, 2020) and Order & Ardor: The Revival Spirituality of Oliver Hart and the Regular Baptists of Eighteenth-Century South Carolina (USC Press, 2018). He and his wife, Candace, have three children.
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* Introduction: "The Cheesemonger" * 1. "High-Flying, Separate New Light:" The Forging of an Individualist * 2. "Young and Roving:" Itinerating in Virginia * 3. "Religion is a Matter between God and Individuals:" The Rights of Conscience * 4. "A Bow Too Great for My Stiff Neck:" Resisting the Baptist Church * 5. "I Dare Not Pull Up Stakes:" The Persistence of Populist Calvinism * 6. "A Very Prince Among Democrats:" Baptist Preacher, Party Whip * 7. "Consistent with the Principles of Good Policy:" A Long Journey with Slavery * 8. "In the Tub of Diogenes:" Evangelical Contrarian * 9. "Awakened in a New World:" A Baptist Rip Van Winkle * Bibliography
* Introduction: "The Cheesemonger" * 1. "High-Flying, Separate New Light:" The Forging of an Individualist * 2. "Young and Roving:" Itinerating in Virginia * 3. "Religion is a Matter between God and Individuals:" The Rights of Conscience * 4. "A Bow Too Great for My Stiff Neck:" Resisting the Baptist Church * 5. "I Dare Not Pull Up Stakes:" The Persistence of Populist Calvinism * 6. "A Very Prince Among Democrats:" Baptist Preacher, Party Whip * 7. "Consistent with the Principles of Good Policy:" A Long Journey with Slavery * 8. "In the Tub of Diogenes:" Evangelical Contrarian * 9. "Awakened in a New World:" A Baptist Rip Van Winkle * Bibliography
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