The Civil War as a Theological CrisisUniv of North Carolina Press, 2006 M12 8 - 216 pages Viewing the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, Mark A. Noll examines writings about slavery and race from Americans both white and black, northern and southern, and includes commentary from Protestants and Catholics in Europe and Canada. Though the Christians on all sides agreed that the Bible was authoritative, their interpretations of slavery in Scripture led to a full-blown theological crisis. |
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... direct rejoinder to the Presbyterian Van Dyke and the Jew Raphall, Professor Lewis complained that ''there is . . . something in the more interior spirit of those [biblical] texts that [Van Dyke] does not see; he does not take the ...
... direct rejoinder to the Presbyterian Van Dyke and the Jew Raphall, Professor Lewis complained that ''there is . . . something in the more interior spirit of those [biblical] texts that [Van Dyke] does not see; he does not take the ...
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... direct light on the nature of religious thought among people for whom the war did not secularize traditional beliefs, but rather intensified them or left them undisturbed. Yet here we are talking about the vast majority of Americans, at ...
... direct light on the nature of religious thought among people for whom the war did not secularize traditional beliefs, but rather intensified them or left them undisturbed. Yet here we are talking about the vast majority of Americans, at ...
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Contents
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2 Historical Contexts | 17 |
3 The Crisis over the Bible | 31 |
4 The negro question lies far deeper than the slavery question | 51 |
5 The Crisis over Providence | 75 |
6 Opinions of Protestants Abroad | 95 |
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