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- Title
"A High-Class Christian Gentleman": Tennessee Governor Ben W. Hooper and Progressive Era Reforms.
- Authors
Hawkins Jr., Merrill
- Abstract
The article discusses the profile and progressive era reforms of Tennessee Governor Ben W. Hooper. Topics covered include the emergence of Baptist denomination upon the election of Hooper as Tennessee Governer in 1910, the Progressive Movement and reforms implemented by Hooper during his administration and the association of Hooper's policies and success as a Progressive Era reformer to religion. It discusses Hooper's connection to the Southern Sociological Congress (SSC).
- Subjects
HOOPER, Ben W.; BAPTISTS &; politics; POLITICAL reform; REFORMS; PROTESTANT fundamentalism &; politics
- Publication
Baptist History & Heritage, 2015, Vol 50, Issue 2, p17
- ISSN
0005-5719
- Publication type
Article