TY - BOOK ID - 77877004 TI - Avenues of faith PY - 2001 SN - 0817313583 9780817313586 9780817310769 0817310762 PB - Tuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Press DB - UniCat KW - Protestant churches KW - Protestant sects KW - Christian sects KW - Protestantism KW - History KW - Richmond (Va.) KW - Richmond City (Va.) KW - City of Richmond (Va.) KW - ريتشموند (Va.) KW - Rītshmūnd (Va.) KW - Горад Рычманд (Va.) KW - Horad Rychmand (Va.) KW - Рычманд (Va.) KW - Rychmand (Va.) KW - Ричмънд (Va.) KW - Richmŭnd (Va.) KW - Ρίτσμοντ (Va.) KW - Ritsmont (Va.) KW - 리치먼드 (Va.) KW - Rich'imŏndŭ (Va.) KW - ריצ'מונד (Va.) KW - Rits'mond (Va.) KW - Ричмонд (Va.) KW - Ricmondia (Va.) KW - Ričmonda (Va.) KW - Ričmond (Va.) KW - リッチモンド (Va.) KW - Ritchimondo (Va.) KW - Rychmond (Va.) KW - Ričmonds (Va.) KW - 里士满 (Va.) KW - Lishiman (Va.) KW - Church history UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77877004 AB - Avenues of Faith documents how religion flourished in southern cities after the turn of the century and how a cadre of clergy and laity created a notably progressive religious culture in Richmond, the bastion of the Old South. Famous as the former capital of the Confederacy, Richmond emerges as a dynamic and growing industrial city invigorated by the social activism of its Protestants. By examining six mainline white denominations-Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Disciples of Christ, and Lutherans-Samuel C. Shepherd Jr. emphasizes the extent to which ER -