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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. “The Presbyterian and Orthodox Idiosyncrasy of Mind” 10 2. Navigating by the “Pole-­ Star”: The Engagement with Modernity 36 3. A “New and Frisky Science”: Race, Religion, and the Response to Anthropology 63 4. The Fidelity of a “Handmaid”: Genesis and Geology in the Presbyterian South 86 5. “A Revolution in Our Church”: Founding and Filling the Perkins Professorship 129 6. “The Serpent-­Trail of Rationalism” 153 7. “A Crown Pure and Bright”: The South­ ern Presbyterian Evolution Controversy 195 Conclusion 238 Notes 263 Bibliography 315 Index 329 ...

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