Bishops,Bourbons,and Big Mules: A History of the Episcopal
Bishops,Bourbons,and Big Mules tells ong>theong> story of how ong>theong> Episcopal Church gained influence over Alabamas cultural,political,and economic arenas despite being a denominational minority in ong>theong> state. ong>Theong> consensus of souong>theong>rn historians is that,since ong>theong> Second Great Awakening,evangelicalism has dominated ong>theong> South. This is certainly true when one considers ong>theong> extent to which souong>theong>rn culture is dominated by evangelical rhetoric and ideas. However,in Alabama one non-evangeli