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The origins of proslavery Christianity : white and black evangelicals in colonial and antebellum Virginia /

Even though black and white evangelicals often worshipped together, white evangelicals emerged as defenders of race-based slavery. Focusing on Virginia, this book argues that white evangelical ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Irons, Charles F. (Charles Frederick) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Colección:Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
UNC Press law publications.
Religion and the law.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fishers of men, 1680-1792
  • Growing pains, 1792-1815
  • The flourishing of biracial Christianity, 1815-1831
  • The spiritual challenge of Nat Turner, 1831-1835
  • The sectional church, 1835-1856
  • Reluctant, Evangelical Confederates, 1856-1861
  • Epilogue, exodus, 1861-1870.