Mine eyes have seen the glory : religion and the politics of race in the Civil War era and beyond /

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"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a hard-hitting history of the impact of racism and religion on the political, social, and economic development of the American nation from Jamestown to today, in particular the nefarious effects of slavery on U.S. society and history. Going back to England'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dundas, Steven L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2022.
Temas:
Slavery > United States.
Religion and state > United States > History.
Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Slavery > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Esclavage > États-Unis.
Religion et État > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Slavery > Religious aspects > Christianity
Slavery
Religion and state
Religion
Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity
Race relations
Politics and government
United States > Race relations.
United States > Religion.
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Religion.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: The first duty
  • America's original sin : slavery from 1619-1790
  • A struggle to the death : war cannot be separated from ideology, politics or religion
  • I hate them with perfect hatred : religion ideology, and modern war
  • They shall be your bond-men forever : human beings as property
  • The privilege of belonging to the superior race : slavery and national expansion
  • A gross violation of a sacred pledge : collapse of the Whig Party
  • I will be heard! : Religion, ideology and the abolitionist movement
  • An institution sanctioned by God : southern religious support of slavery
  • The triumphs of Christianity rest on slavery : holy warriors at the forefront
  • With God as our champion : the Confederate union of church and state
  • They have closed the heavy doors : the Dred Scott decision
  • Portents hang on all the arches of the horizon : the bloody battle for Kansas
  • General Jackson is dead : the Lecompton Constitution controversy
  • Cuba must be ours : fire-eaters and filibusters spread slavery
  • The final kingdom has arisen : hubris and fanaticism bring on the war
  • The South will never submit : Lincoln and the choice for secession and war
  • Whom the gods intend to destroy : the madness of southern extremists
  • The heather is on fire : politics, religion and war
  • Sound the loud timbrel : the Emancipation Proclamation
  • I knew what I was fighting for : Black soldiers in the Civil War and after
  • Reconstruction, and redemption : the failure to win the peace
  • The failure of will : Reconstruction's end and return to white rule
  • A new religion : the noble Confederacy and the lost cause
  • Epilogue: the past is always present.

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