| A History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Carolina Contributor(s): Venters, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467117498 ISBN-13: 9781467117494 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Religion | Faith - Religion | Baha' I |
| Dewey: 297.930 |
| Series: American Heritage |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Author and Bah ' historian Louis Venters provides, for the first time, an overview of the first century of the Bah ' Faith in a state with one of its strongest followings. The Bah ' Faith is increasingly acknowledged as South Caroli |
Contributor Bio(s): Venters, Louis: - Louis Venters, PhD, teaches African and African diaspora history, southern U.S. history and public history at Francis Marion University and is a consultant in the fields of historic preservation and cultural resource management. He is the author of No Jim Crow Church: The Origins of South Carolina's Bahá'í Community (2015) and the author or co-author of several site studies, public history reports and exhibits, including the award-winning greenbookofsc.com. He is a member of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission and on the board of directors of Preservation South Carolina. He first encountered the Bahá'í Faith as a young teenager, and since then, he has served in a number of elected and appointed positions in the Bahá'í community and lived and traveled widely in Africa, the Americas and Europe. He blogs on issues related to race, religion, history and culture at louisventers.com. |