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Gospel of disunion : religion and separatism in the antebellum South /
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 sec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill, NC :
University of North Carolina Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Religion and the search for Southern distinctiveness; PART ONE: RELIGION AND SECTIONAL POLITICS; 1. The abolitionist crisis of 1835: The issues defined; PART TWO: RELIGION AND SLAVERY; 2. Slavery defended: The morality of slavery and the infidelity of abolitionism; 3. Slavery sanctified: The slaveholding ethic and the religious mission to the slaves; PART THREE: RELIGION AND SEPARATISM; 4. Harbingers of disunion: The denominational schisms; 5. The religious logic of secession; 6. Religion and the formation of a Southern national ideology.
- Conclusion: Religion, the origins of Southern nationalism, and the coming of the Civil WarBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.