TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boles,John B.
TI  - Masters & Slaves in the House of the Lord: Race and Religion in the American South, 1740-1870
SN  - 9780813148793
AV  - E446 
U1  - 277.5/081 19
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Slavery and the church
KW  - Southern States
KW  - Slavery
KW  - History
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Slaveholders
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Church history
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Planters and Slaves in the Great Awakening; 2 Biracial Fellowship in Antebellum Baptist Churches; 3 Religion in Amite County, Mississippi, 1800-1861; 4 Black and White Christians in Florida, 1822-1861; 5 Planters and Slave Religion in the Deep South; 6 Slaves and Southern Catholicism; 7 Slaves and White Churches in Confederate Georgia; 8 After Apocalypse, Moses; Notes; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
N2  - Much that is commonly accepted about slavery and religion in the Old South is challenged in this significant book. The eight essays included here show that throughout the antebellum period, southern whites and blacks worshipped together, heard the same sermons, took communion and were baptized together, were subject to the same church discipline, and were buried in the same cemeteries. What was the black perception of white-controlled religious ceremonies? How did whites reconcile their faith with their racism? Why did freedmen, as soon as possible after the Civil War, withdraw from the biraci
UR  - http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1915049
UR  - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938079
ER  -