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Based on original historical data, this book shows that key changes in design can extend constitutional life.

This book tells the story of Ebenezer, a frontier community in colonial Georgia founded by a mountain community fleeing religious persecution in its native Salzburg. This study traces the lives of the settlers from the alpine world they left behind to their struggle for survival on the southern frontier of British America. Exploring their encounters with African and indigenous peoples with whom they had had no previous contact, this book examines their initial opposition to slavery and why they ultimately embraced it. Transatlantic in scope, this study will interest readers of European and American history alike.

Do you long for a moment of stillness in the midst of life's chaos? Are you seeking a deeper connection with God, but feel unsure where to start? What if each day could offer a fresh opportunity to experience peace, hope, and strength in your walk with Christ? "My Daily Reflection with Jesus" is a transformative year-long devotional designed to guide you into a closer relationship with God. This thoughtfully crafted book provides 365 reflections that address the universal needs of peace, hope, and strength, helping you anchor your faith amidst life's uncertainties. Each devotion includes: A foundational Scripture passage to center your thoughts. A reflection that reveals timeless biblical truths in fresh ways. Practical applications to help you integrate God's Word into daily life. A guided prayer to align your heart with His. A journaling prompt to help you process your thoughts, prayers, and insights in a deeply personal way. Structured around life's seasons and spiritual challenges, this devotional meets you where you are-whether in a valley of doubt or on a mountaintop of gratitude. Drawing from Scripture and personal meditations, authors James M. Melton and Josh H. Hall invite you to begin each day with purpose, letting the Word of God light your path. Discover how moments of quiet communion can renew your spirit, deepen your hope, and empower your faith. Perfect for new believers and seasoned saints alike, this book encourages you to walk daily with Jesus and embrace the unshakeable peace of His presence.

This 1988 book is a study of precocious attempts at school reform in societies that were overwhelmingly 'premodern'.

Toward the end of 1931, the black dust was settling in the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal fields after one of the most bitterly fought labor struggles in our nation's history. The miners were beaten, their rank-and-file organization crushed. The epithet "Bloody Harlan" survived the day and remained a symbol for that battle and those that periodically erupted for the next half century. But the proper legacy of the Harlan wars, as the veteran Hobart Grills tells us, is not the chaotic violence but the spirit of steady resistance that smolders until the changing times fan the sparks into a new flame. During the long Depression era, the winds of change blew all across the South — from the coal fields of Appalachia to the tenant farms of Arkansas, from the cotton mills of Gastonia to the automobile factories of Atlanta. It was a period rich in the South's peculiar blend of semi-organized rebellion, individual courage, and rank-and-file militancy; but its lessons were omitted from the history books. To rectify that insult, Southern Exposure published a special book-length issue on the Depression, based largely on the oral testimonies of those who were the sparks for that era's struggles. Entitled "No More Moanin'," the collection — now near the end of its second printing — has been a popular source book in union halls, university classrooms, and informal study groups.

Covers numerous North American religious groups in the U.S. and Canada. Includes essays and directory listings describing the historical development of religious families and providing factual information about each group within those families. Provides, when available, rubrics for membership figures, educational facilities and periodicals.

This collection explores different approaches to contextualizing and conceptualizing the history of Pietism, particularly Pietistic groups who migrated from central Europe to the British colonies in North America during the long eighteenth century. Emerging in German speaking lands during the seventeenth century, Pietism was closely related to Puritanism, sharing similar evangelical and heterogeneous characteristics. Dissatisfied with the established Lutheran and Reformed Churches, Pietists sought to revivify Christianity through godly living, biblical devotion, millennialism and the establishment of new forms of religious association. As Pietism represents a diverse set of impulses rather than a centrally organized movement, there were inevitably fundamental differences amongst Pietist groups, and these differences - and conflicts - were carried with those that emigrated to the New World. The importance of Pietism in shaping Protestant society and culture in Europe and North America has long been recognized, but as a topic of scholarly inquiry, it has until now received little interdisciplinary attention. Offering essays by leading scholars from a range of fields, this volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of the subject. Beginning with discussions about the definition of Pietism, the collection next looks at the social, political and cultural dimensions of Pietism in German-speaking Europe. This is then followed by a section investigating the attempts by German Pietists to establish new, religiously-based communities in North America. The collection concludes with discussions on new directions in Pietist research. Together these essays help situate Pietism in the broader Atlantic context, making an important contribution to understanding religious life in Europe and colonial North America during the eighteenth century.