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The Origins of Proslavery Christianity

White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia [Paperback]

by Charles F. Irons

    • Author

      Charles F. Irons

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      The University of North Carolina Press

    • Published

      June 2008

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      The Origins of Proslavery Christianity

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      This book deals with the evangelical roots of the proslavery argument. 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 narratives, and private letters and diaries to illuminate the dynamic relationship between whites and blacks within the evangelical fold. Irons reveals that when whites theorized about their moral responsibilities toward slaves, they thought first of their relationships with bondmen in their own churches. Thus, African American evangelicals inadvertently shaped the nature of the proslavery argument.When they chose which churches to join, exercised the procedures set up for church discipline, rejected colonization, or built quasi-independent congregations, for example, black churchgoers spurred their white coreligionists to further develop the religious defense of slavery.

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      • Author

        Charles F. Irons

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        The University of North Carolina Press

      • Published

        June 2008

      • Weight

        545g

      • Page Count

        352

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 22 mm

      • ISBN

        9780807858776

      • ISBN-10

        0807858773

      • Eden Code

        1159825

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      • Author/Creator: Charles F. Irons

      • ISBN: 9780807858776

      • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

      • Release Date: June 2008

      • Weight: 545g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 22 mm

      • Eden Code: 1159825

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