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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
American Baptist Quarterly
Author: Minutes of the ... Annual Session of the Baptist General Association of Virginia
Author: Baptist General Association of VirginiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Gospel of Disunion
Author: Mitchell SnayPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807846872
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The centrality of religion in the life of the Old South, the strongly religious nature of the sectional controversy over slavery, and the close affinity between religion and antebellum American nationalism all point toward the need to explore the role of religion in the development of southern sectionalism. In Gospel of Disunion Mitchell Snay examines the various ways in which religion adapted to and influenced the development of a distinctive southern culture and politics before the Civil War, adding depth and form to the movement that culminated in secession. From the abolitionist crisis of 1835 through the formation of the Confederacy in 1861, Snay shows how religion worked as an active agent in translating the sectional conflict into a struggle of the highest moral significance. At the same time, the slavery controversy sectionalized southern religion, creating separate institutions and driving theology further toward orthodoxy. By establishing a biblical sanction for slavery, developing a slaveholding ethic for Christian masters, and demonstrating the viability of separation from the North through the denominational schisms of the 1830s and 1840s, religion reinforced central elements in southern political culture and contributed to a moral consensus that made secession possible.
God's Almost Chosen Peoples
Author: George C. RablePublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807899313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Lincoln Prize-winning historian George C. Rable offers a groundbreaking account of how Americans of all political and religious persuasions used faith to interpret the course of the war. Examining a wide range of published and unpublished documents--including sermons, official statements from various churches, denominational papers and periodicals, and letters, diaries, and newspaper articles--Rable illuminates the broad role of religion during the Civil War, giving attention to often-neglected groups such as Mormons, Catholics, blacks, and people from the Trans-Mississippi region. The book underscores religion's presence in the everyday lives of Americans north and south struggling to understand the meaning of the conflict, from the tragedy of individual death to victory and defeat in battle and even the ultimate outcome of the war. Rable shows that themes of providence, sin, and judgment pervaded both public and private writings about the conflict. Perhaps most important, this volume--the only comprehensive religious history of the war--highlights the resilience of religious faith in the face of political and military storms the likes of which Americans had never before endured.
Foundations
Author: Minutes of the Illinois Baptist Pastoral Union ... Annual Meeting ; Baptist General Association of Illinois ... Annual Meeting
Author: Illinois Baptist Pastoral UnionPublisher:
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Soldiers of the Cross
Author: Kent T. DollarPublisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865549265
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Extremely well researched and unique in its approach, citing nine individual Confederate soldiers and the impact of the Civil War on their Christianity. These case studies, largely drawn from their own words in letters and diaries, give a personal and individual perspective that has largely been overlooked in other similar works.
The American Baptist Year-book
Author: Confederate Imprints
Author: T. Michael ParrishPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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