Religion and the Antebellum Debate Over Slavery

Informationen zum Autor John R. McKivigan (Editor) JOHN R. MCKIVIGAN is a professor of history at West Virginia University. He is the author of The War Against Proslavery Religion . Mitchell Snay (Editor) MITCHELL SNAY is an associate professor of history at Denison University and the author of Gospel of Disunion . Klappentext This anthology of original essays by historians explores the religious dimensions of the antebellum sectional conflict over slavery. Covering such familiar topics as the proslavery argument and denominational schisms, these essays emphasize the diversity that existed within regions, states, and denominations; the importance of local factors in shaping responses to the slavery controversy; and the powerful pulls toward moderation and unity that existed within the institutional church. Drawing on the recent flowering of scholarship on religion, the essays collected here provide a variety of new approaches, including quantitative methodologies and a heightened sensitivity to issues of race, class, and gender. Zusammenfassung These essays explore the religious dimensions of the antebellum sectional conflict over slavery. Covering such topics as the proslavery argument and denominational schisms, they emphasize the diversity that existed within denominations; the importance of local factors in shaping responses; and the powerful pulls toward moderation.

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• Authors: Prof. John R. Mckivigan
• Assisted by: Prof. John R. Kaufman-McKivigan (Editor), John McKivigan (Editor), John R McKivigan (Editor), John R. Mckivigan (Editor), Mitchell Snay (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.1998
• EAN: 9780820320762
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2076-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous