Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Baptist Impulse and Kentucky
1. From One World to Another: Conversion, Baptism, and Communion
2. First among Equals: The Baptist Preacher
3. Divine Channels of Democracy: Baptist Churches and Associations
4. Reforming the Impulse, 1825–1845
5. Sisters, Friends, and Proprietors: Women and Baptist Identity
6. “Determined to Persist”: African Americans and the Pursuit of Baptist Identity
7. Refining and Radiating the Impulse
Appendix: Maps
Notes
Bibliography
Index