White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia Irons, Charles F. creator text Electronic books. ncu Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2008 monographic eng

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1 online resource (381 p.) In the colonial and antebellum South, black and white evangelicals frequently prayed, sang, and worshipped together. Even though white evangelicals claimed spiritual fellowship with those of African descent, they nonetheless emerged as the most effective defenders of race-based slavery. As Charles Irons persuasively argues, white evangelicals' ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals. Set in Virginia, the largest slaveholding state and the hearth of the southern evangelical movement, this book draws from church records, denominational newspapers, slave. Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Chief Cornerstone; One: Fishers of Men, 16801792; Two: Growing Pains, 17921815; Three: The Flourishing of Biracial Christianity, 18151831; Four: The Spiritual Challenge of Nat Turner, 18311835; Five: The Sectional Church, 18351856; Six: Reluctant, Evangelical Confederates, 18561861; Epilogue. Exodus, 18611870; Appendix A. Evangelical Virginians in 1790 and 1850; Appendix B. Distribution of Virginia Evangelicals in 1860; Appendix C. Church Governance; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Turner, Nat 1800?-1831 Influence Slavery and the church Virginia History Slavery and the church Southern States History Slaves Religious life Virginia African Americans Virginia Religion Slaves Religious life Southern States African Americans Southern States Religion Evangelicalism Political aspects Southern States History RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics E445.V8 241.67509755 9780807888896 (electronic bk.) 0807888893 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=515688 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=357233 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=515688 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=357233 EBLCP 100427 20200709055335.0 ocn609863442 eng