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Jefferson Davis is one of the most complex and controversial
figures in American political history (and the man whom Oscar Wilde
wanted to meet more than anyone when he made his tour of the United
States). Elected president of the Confederacy and later accused of
participating in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he is a
source of ongoing dissension between northerners and southerners.
This volume, the first of its kind, is a selected collection of his
writings culled in large part from the authoritative "Papers of
Jefferson Davis, a multivolume edition of his letters and speeches
published by the Louisiana State University Press, and includes
thirteen documents from manuscript collections and one privately
held document that have never before appeared in a modern scholarly
edition. From letters as a college student to his sister, to major
speeches on the Constitution, slavery, and sectional issues, to his
farewell to the U.S. Senate, to his inaugural address as
Confederate president, to letters from prison to his wife, these
selected pieces present the many faces of the enigmatic Jefferson
Davis.
As William J. Cooper, Jr., writes in his Introduction, "Davis's
notability does not come solely from his crucial role in the Civil
War. Born on the Kentucky frontier in the first decade of the
nineteenth century, he witnessed and participated in the epochal
transformation of the United States from a fledgling country to a
strong nation spanning the continent. In his earliest years his
father moved farther south and west to Mississippi. As a young army
officer just out of West Point, he served on the northwestern and
southwestern frontiers in an army whose chief mission was to
protectsettlers surging westward. Then, in 1846 and 1847, as
colonel of the First Mississippi Regiment, he fought in the Mexican
War, which resulted in 1848 in the Mexican Cession, a massive
addition to the United States of some 500,000 square miles,
including California and the modern Southwest. As secretary of war
and U.S. senator in the 1850s, he advocated government support for
the building of a transcontinental railroad that he believed
essential to bind the nation from ocean to ocean."
"From the Hardcover edition.
Is God missing from our worship? Obstacles to true worship are not
about contemporary or traditional music, electronic gadgetry or
seeker sensitivity. Rather it is the habits of mind and heart,
conditioned by our surrounding culture, that hinder our faith in
the real presence of the transcendent God among his people. Sensing
a real need for renewal, John Jefferson Davis offers a theology of
worship that uncovers the most fundamental barriers to our vital
involvement in the worship of our holy God. His profound
theological analysis leads to fresh and bracing recommendations
that will be especially helpful to all those who lead worship or
want to more fully and deeply encounter the glory and majesty of
God.
As culture has become at once more secular and more religiously
pluralistic, a renaissance of interest in the spiritual disciplines
has been sparked in evangelical Protestant circles. Mounting levels
of stress, burnout and spiritual dryness among those in ministry
has only stoked this desire for spiritual nourishment and renewal.
John Jefferson Davis helps us recover the practice of meditation on
Scripture as he explores the biblical and theological foundations
rooted in the arrival of "the age to come" in Jesus Christ. Indeed
by virtue of our union with Christ, the Triune God of the Bible
draws near to his people so that they may also draw near to him.
Meditation on God's revelation has always been central to enjoying
communion with the Father through the Son and in the Spirit. Davis
gives us fresh and practical guidance on removing the obstacles
that block our fellowship with God and listening to Scripture in
ways that can enrich our worship, faith, hope and love.
This volume provides the complete text of key Scripture passages
that form the basis for theological study. The text used is the
highly readable and modern New International Version. The verses
listed are grouped by the classical categories of systematic
theology (e.g., God, Christ, Salvation); on disputed points, verses
from which the major theological views derive are given. Footnotes
provide clarification and brief commentary on verses as
appropriate. This work is intended to assist the theological
student who might not take the time to look up the verses cited in
systematic theologies, but it will also be useful to anyone seeking
to better understand the major themes of Scripture.
Jefferson Davis was the first and last President of the
Confederacy. His two volume history of the controversy, conflict,
and resolution is unique. To understand America's Civil War, you
have to understand this man.
The history of the Government of the Southern Slave States from the
perspective of the one and only Confederate President.
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