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Gospel of Disunion - Religion and Separatism in the Antebellum South (Paperback, New edition)
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Gospel of Disunion - Religion and Separatism in the Antebellum South (Paperback, New edition)
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The centrality of religion in the life of the Old South, the
strongly religious nature of the sectional controversy over
slavery, and the close affinity between religion and antebellum
American nationalism all point toward the need to explore the role
of religion in the development of southern sectionalism. In "Gospel
of Disunion" Mitchell Snay examines the various ways in which
religion adapted to and influenced the development of a distinctive
southern culture and politics before the Civil War, adding depth
and form to the movement that culminated in secession. From the
abolitionist crisis of 1835 through the formation of the
Confederacy in 1861, Snay shows how religion worked as an active
agent in translating the sectional conflict into a struggle of the
highest moral significance. At the same time, the slavery
controversy sectionalized southern religion, creating separate
institutions and driving theology further toward orthodoxy. By
establishing a biblical sanction for slavery, developing a
slaveholding ethic for Christian masters, and demonstrating the
viability of separation from the North through the denominational
schisms of the 1830s and 1840s, religion reinforced central
elements in southern political culture and contributed to a moral
consensus that made secession possible.
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