Gospel of Disunion

Gospel of Disunion

Author: Mitchell Snay

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1997-09-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780807846872

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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. In Gospel of Disunion Mitchell Snay 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. From the abolitionist crisis of 1835 through the formation of the Confederacy in 1861, Snay shows how religion worked as an active agent in translating the sectional conflict into a struggle of the highest moral significance. At the same time, the slavery controversy sectionalized southern religion, creating separate institutions and driving theology further toward orthodoxy. By establishing a biblical sanction for slavery, developing a slaveholding ethic for Christian masters, and demonstrating the viability of separation from the North through the denominational schisms of the 1830s and 1840s, religion reinforced central elements in southern political culture and contributed to a moral consensus that made secession possible.


Sketches of Pitt County

Sketches of Pitt County

Author: Henry Thomas King

Publisher:

Published: 1911

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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These sketches are the result of years of inquiry, research and compilation intended to give such traditions and facts as could be had from reliable sources and records. The demand for sketches of many of Pitt's prominent men made necessary the addition of a second part. Advertisements were necessary from a financial standpoint and are included in the back, separate and apart.


Church Burnings

Church Burnings

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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