Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules: A History of the Episcopal Church in Alabama (Religion & American Culture)

251 Pages·2013·2.831 MB·English

by  J. Barry Vaughn

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Bishops,
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religion and aMerican culture
Series Editors
John M. giggie
charles a. israel
Editorial Advisory Board
catherine a. Brekus
paul harvey
sylvester a. Johnson
Joel W. Martin
ronald l. numbers
Beth schweiger
grant Wacker
Judith Weisenfeld
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Bishops,
BourBons,
and Big Mules
a history of the episcopal church in ala bama
J. Barry Vaughn
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Vaughn, J. Barry. Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules : A History of the Episcopal Church in Alabama, University of Alabama
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copyright © 2013
The university of ala bama press
tuscaloosa, ala bama 35487-0380
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Manufactured in the united states of america
typeface: garamond
cover image: “gifts of grace,” st. paul’s episcopal church, lowndesboro, ala bama.
from the series alab ama churches in Watercolor, © Bob Moody. courtesy of the
artist. www.moodypaints.com
author photograph: © Michael Mixon, hanging around hoover, inc.
cover design: erin Bradley dangar / dangar design
interior figures 1-7 and 9-11 are courtesy of the Birmingham public library archives
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Vaughn, J. Barry, 1955–
Bishops, Bourbons, and big mules : a history of the episcopal church in alabama /
J. Barry Vaughn.
pages cm. — (religion and american culture)
includes bibliographical references and index.
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to my mother,
Vera roper Vaughn,
my first and best teacher,
and to the memory of my father,
henry clay Vaughn
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contents
acknowledgments ix
introduction 1
1. how anglicanism came to america 5
2. “no gentleman would choose any but the episcopalian way”: from the
Beginning to the 1850s 14
3. “This worldliness that is rushing upon us like a flood”: secession and
civil War 41
4. “how is the south like lazarus?”: reconstruction 57
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viii / contents
appendix d: episcopal church Membership and population of ala bama from
1830 to 2010 207
appendix e: percentage of alabamians twenty-five years old and older with
four or More years of postsec ondary education from 1950 to 2010 209
abbreviations used in notes 211
notes 213
Bibliography 245
index 255
photographs follow page 100.
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acknowledgments
The episcopal diocese of ala bama celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2005. its
history touches on a number of important topics in national, regional, and de-
nominational history. remarkably, however, only one historian has told its story,
and that was over a century ago. Walter Whitaker, rector of christ church, tus-
caloosa, did an excellent job in his History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
Ala bama, 1763–1891. Whitaker also published a good biography of ala bama’s sec-
ond bishop, titled Richard Hooker Wilmer, Second Bishop of Ala bama: A Biogra-
phy. however, Whitaker failed to document his sources. prior to the twentieth
century, it was not unusual for amateur historians (and even some professional
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cling women and af ri can ameri cans in ala bama. dr. schnorrenberg graciously
Vaughn, J. Barry. Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules : A History of the Episcopal Church in Alabama, University of Alabama
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