Religion in Mississippi

by Randy J. Sparks

Book Overview

In the 1600s Colonial French settlers brought Christianity into the lands that are now the state of Mississippi. Throughout the period of French rule and the period of Spanish dominion that followed, Roman Catholicism remained the principal religion. By the time that statehood was achieved in 1817, Mississippi was attracting Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and other Protestant evangelical faiths at a remarkable pace, and by the twentieth century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617033162
• ISBN13: 9781617033162
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"