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Gospel of Disunion Religion and Separatism in the Antebellum South / Mitchell Snay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snay, Mitchell.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secession--Southern States.
- Secession.
- Southern States--Civilization--1775-1865.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Intellectual life.
- Southern States--Church history.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gospel of Disunion: Religion and Separatism in the Antebellum South
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Religion and the search for Southern distinctiveness; PART ONE: RELIGION AND SECTIONAL POLITICS; 1. The abolitionist crisis of 1835: The issues defined; PART TWO: RELIGION AND SLAVERY; 2. Slavery defended: The morality of slavery and the infidelity of abolitionism; 3. Slavery sanctified: The slaveholding ethic and the religious mission to the slaves; PART THREE: RELIGION AND SEPARATISM; 4. Harbingers of disunion: The denominational schisms; 5. The religious logic of secession; 6. Religion and the formation of a Southern national ideology
- Conclusion: Religion, the origins of Southern nationalism, and the coming of the Civil WarBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-259) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-9313-093-5
- 979-88-908691-0-4
- 1-4696-1616-5
- OCLC:
- 862077623
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