Catholics, slaveholders, and the dilemma of American evangelicalism, 1835-1860
By: W. Jason Wallace
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780268044213
Description: W. Jason Wallace examines sermons, books, newspaper articles, and private correspondence of members of three antebellum groups--northern evangelicals, southern evangelicals, and Catholics--and argues that the divisions among them stemmed, at least in part, from disagreements over the role that religious convictions played in a free society. --from publisher descriptioin
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: New England sets a pattern; title: Taking aim at Europe and the Middle Ages; title: Northern evangelicals define the other; title: Southern evangelical dilemmas; title: The hierarchy responds to political Protestantism; title: Epilogue: evangelicals, the Bible, and politics.