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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... took up before his Presbyterian congregation in Columbia the very same theme of ''our national sins'' that Beecher would address before the Congregationalists of Brooklyn. To Thornwell, slavery was the ''good and merciful'' way of ...
... took up before his Presbyterian congregation in Columbia the very same theme of ''our national sins'' that Beecher would address before the Congregationalists of Brooklyn. To Thornwell, slavery was the ''good and merciful'' way of ...
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... took up the theme of the ''character and influence of abolitionism,'' his conclusions were anything but similar to Beecher's. To this Northern Presbyterian, it was obvious that the ''tree of Abolitionism is evil, and only evil—root and ...
... took up the theme of the ''character and influence of abolitionism,'' his conclusions were anything but similar to Beecher's. To this Northern Presbyterian, it was obvious that the ''tree of Abolitionism is evil, and only evil—root and ...
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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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