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Shriver, George Hite was born on October 26, 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
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The first of its kind, this volume presents fifty formal and informal trials of individuals and institutions that have been labeled as heretical. These are challenging stories of ministers, professors, and laypersons who literally risked their careers and lives for their understanding of religious truths. From Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson in the colonial period to the latest 1990s casualties in the Southern Baptist Convention, trials from all major periods in American History and from all the major denominations are presented by leading scholars in the study of religious history. Of interest to scholars, students, and the general religious public. In this moving work, Catholic heretics mingle with Baptists and Mormons, female heretics are hanged and banished, and laypersons are dismissed from membership in their beloved church. Heretical professors lay the groundwork for academic freedom in the 20th century. It is evident from these essays that heretics in the American religious tradition have been among the most creative and voluminous contributors to American society. The trials they suffered were costly, but their contributions were vital. Their legacy informs present religious culture in a myriad of ways.
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Leading scholars present entries on selected controversies and controversial individuals in American religious life from the colonial period to the present. Key figures, themes, terms, institutions and groups, books, and relevant secular topics that have contributed to religious controversy are included. This ambitious volume includes bibliographies for each entry which direct the reader to additional resources for further study. From Ralph David Abernathy to Zionism, this work will prove to be an essential reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone interested in religious issues. Controversy has been interwoven with religion throughout history. In an attempt to bring a sense of understanding to the causes and types of conflicts in American religious history, top scholars from different religious traditions have selected the key events and people that have shaped our religious heritage. With more than 1,700 religious bodies in the United States, the potential for conflicts and controversy is enormous. This work is the first attempt to being all of these elements together in one easy-to-use reference.
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Shriver, George Hite was born on October 26, 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
AB magna cum laude, Stetson University, 1953. Bachelor's Degree, Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1961.
Instructor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1958-1959; professor, Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest, 1959-1973; professor, Georgia Southern U., Statesboro, Georgia, since 1973; visiting professor, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1966-1967; visiting professor, Duke U., 1970-1971.
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Member American Association of University Professors (president 1991-1992), Academy Religion, American Society Church History (board directors 1970-1972), American History Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Donna N. Shriver, (divorced 1981). Children: Rebecca, Bonnie, Laurie, David. Married Cathy B. Shriver.