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Gospel of disunion : religion and separatism in the antebellum South / Mitchell Snay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.Description: xi, 265 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0807846872 (alk. paper)
  • 9780807846872 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 277.5081 21
LOC classification:
  • BR 535  S669g 1997
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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 sectionalism. This book examines the various ways in which religion adapted to and influenced the development of a distinctive Southern culture and politics before the Civil War, adding depth and form to the movement that culminated in secession.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BR 535 S669g 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000069381

Originally published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-259) and index.

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.

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 sectionalism. This book examines the various ways in which religion adapted to and influenced the development of a distinctive Southern culture and politics before the Civil War, adding depth and form to the movement that culminated in secession.

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