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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... religious support they could find to nerve their own side for battle. Especially in our postmodern age, we think we know all about the way that interests dictate interpretations. It was, therefore, a more convincing indication of ...
... religious support they could find to nerve their own side for battle. Especially in our postmodern age, we think we know all about the way that interests dictate interpretations. It was, therefore, a more convincing indication of ...
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... religious education, and is acquainted with the history of the Bible, is a phenomenon I cannot explain to myself.''5 As we shallsee, Raphall had more things to say on the subject because he contended that much in the Bible argued ...
... religious education, and is acquainted with the history of the Bible, is a phenomenon I cannot explain to myself.''5 As we shallsee, Raphall had more things to say on the subject because he contended that much in the Bible argued ...
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... religious education who knew the Bible very well, yet in whose mind questions did arise about the intrinsic evil of slaveholding, was Tayler Lewis, a Dutch Reformed layman and since a professor of Greek and oriental studies ...
... religious education who knew the Bible very well, yet in whose mind questions did arise about the intrinsic evil of slaveholding, was Tayler Lewis, a Dutch Reformed layman and since a professor of Greek and oriental studies ...
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... religion can add greatly to an understanding of the origin, the course, and especially the intensity of the Civil War, my main purpose is to show how and why the cultural conflict that led to such a crisis for the nation also ...
... religion can add greatly to an understanding of the origin, the course, and especially the intensity of the Civil War, my main purpose is to show how and why the cultural conflict that led to such a crisis for the nation also ...
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... religious fervor displayed on both sides—was so important in the broader sweep of American religious history is the ... religion as reflected in the War between the States. In this effort I am trying to gain for American history of the ...
... religious fervor displayed on both sides—was so important in the broader sweep of American religious history is the ... religion as reflected in the War between the States. In this effort I am trying to gain for American history of the ...
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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