A godly hero; the life of William Jennings Bryan.0375411356 A godly god·ly adj. god·li·er, god·li·est 1. Having great reverence for God; pious. 2. Divine. god hero; the life of William Jennings William Jennings is the name of several historical figures including:
Kazin, Michael. Alfred A. Knopf 2006 374 pages $30.00 Hardcover E664 In American populist Bryan (1860-1925), Kazin (history, Georgetown U.) finds a hero and leader of the Christian left. Though remembered today mostly as the voice of fundamentalism fundamentalism. 1 In Protestantism, religious movement that arose among conservative members of various Protestant denominations early in the 20th cent. in the 1925 Scopes trial Scopes trial, Tennessee legal case involving the teaching of evolution in public schools. A statute was passed (Mar., 1925) in Tennessee that prohibited the teaching in public schools of theories contrary to accepted interpretation of the biblical account of human about teaching evolution, he says Bryan was the most popular speaker of his time, and gained a huge following among both rural and urban Americans to whom he combined the righteousness of a pastor with the practical vision of a reform politician. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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