The Origins of Proslavery Christianity : White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irons, Charles F. (Charles Frederick) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831.
Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831 > Influence.
Slaves > Religious life.
Slavery and the church.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Evangelicalism > Political aspects.
African Americans > Religion.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Évangelisme > Aspect politique > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Religion.
Esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Vie religieuse.
Noirs americains > Virginie > Religion.
Esclaves > Virginie > Vie religieuse.
Evangelicalism > Political aspects > Southern States > History.
African Americans > Southern States > Religion.
Slaves > Religious life > Southern States.
African Americans > Virginia > Religion.
Slaves > Religious life > Virginia.
Slavery and the church > Southern States > History.
Slavery and the church > Virginia > History.
Virginia.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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