William Louis Poteat : a leader of the progressive-era South

William Louis Poteat : a leader of the progressive-era South /

"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...

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Main Author: Hall, Randal L., 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2000
Series:Religion in the South.
Subjects:
Poteat, William Louis, > 1856-1938.
Wake Forest College > Faculty > Biography.
Social reformers > North Carolina > Biography.
Biology teachers > North Carolina > Biography.
College teachers > North Carolina > Biography.
Baptists > North Carolina > Biography.
Evolution > Study and teaching > North Carolina > History.
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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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