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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... evil for which the United States as a nation most desperately needed to repent, ''the most alarming and most fertile cause of national sin,'' was slavery. About this great evil, the Bible could not speak with less ambiguity: ''Where the ...
... evil for which the United States as a nation most desperately needed to repent, ''the most alarming and most fertile cause of national sin,'' was slavery. About this great evil, the Bible could not speak with less ambiguity: ''Where the ...
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... evil, and only evil—root and branch, flower and leaf, and fruit; that it springs from, and is nourished by, an utter rejection of the Scriptures.''3 So clear to Van Dyke were the biblical sanctions for slavery that he could only ...
... evil, and only evil—root and branch, flower and leaf, and fruit; that it springs from, and is nourished by, an utter rejection of the Scriptures.''3 So clear to Van Dyke were the biblical sanctions for slavery that he could only ...
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... evil of slaveholding, was Tayler Lewis, a Dutch Reformed layman and since a professor of Greek and oriental studies, first at New York University and then at Union College. In an essay that was originally published as a direct ...
... evil of slaveholding, was Tayler Lewis, a Dutch Reformed layman and since a professor of Greek and oriental studies, first at New York University and then at Union College. In an essay that was originally published as a direct ...
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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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