Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules: A History of the Episcopal Church in Alabama

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Bishops, BourBons, and Big Mules religion and aMerican culture Series Editors John M. giggie charles a. israel Editorial Advisory Board catherine a. Brekus paul harvey sylvester a. Johnson Joel W. Martin ronald l. numbers Beth schweiger grant Wacker Judith Weisenfeld Bishops, BourBons, and Big Mules a history of the episcopal church in alabama J. Barry Vaughn the uniVersity of alaBaMa press tuscaloosa copyright © 2013 The university of alabama press tuscaloosa, alabama 35487-0380 all rights reserved Manufactured in the united states of america typeface: garamond cover image: “gifts of grace,” st. paul’s episcopal church, lowndesboro, alabama. from the series alabama churches in Watercolor, © Bob Moody. courtesy of the artist. www.moodypaints.com author photograph: © Michael Mixon, hanging around hoover, inc. cover design: erin Bradley dangar / dangar design interior figures 1-7 and 9-11 are courtesy of the Birmingham public library archives ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of american national standard for information sciences—permanence of paper for printed library Materials, ansi Z39.48-1984. library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Vaughn, J. Barry, 1955– Bishops, Bourbons, and big mules : a history of the episcopal church in alabama / J. Barry Vaughn. pages cm. — (religion and american culture) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8173-1811-6 (trade cloth : alk. paper) — isBn 978-0-8173-8721-1 (e book) 1. episcopal church—alabama—history. 2. alabama—church history. 3. episcopal church—influence. i. title. BX5917.a2V38 2013 283'.761—dc23 2013015884 to my mother, Vera roper Vaughn, my first and best teacher, and to the memory of my father, henry clay Vaughn ...