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The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era)
Mark A. Noll
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Paperback. Although Christian believers agreed that the Bible was authoritative and that it should be interpreted through commonsense principles, there was rampant disagreement about what Scripture taught about slavery. This book tells how most Americans were radically divided in their interpretations of what God was doing in and through the Civil War. Series: The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBWJ; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Prominent historian Mark Noll considers the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, as both Northerners and Southerners generally agreed on the authority of the Bible but disagreed about what it taught about slavery. He also surveys the observations of foreign Protestants and Catholics, who saw clearly that regardless of how much voluntary reliance on scriptural authority had contributed to the construction of national civilization, if there were no higher religious authority than the personal interpretation of scripture, public deadlock over conflicting interpretations would amount to a full-blown theological crisis.
Prominent historian Mark Noll considers the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, as both Northerners and Southerners generally agreed on the authority of the Bible but disagreed about what it taught about slavery. He also surveys the observations of foreign Protestants and Catholics, who saw clearly that regardless of how much voluntary reliance on scriptural authority had contributed to the construction of national civilization, if there were no higher religious authority than the personal interpretation of scripture, public deadlock over conflicting interpretations would amount to a full-blown theological crisis.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469621814
SKU
V9781469621814
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About Mark A. Noll
Mark A. Noll is McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He is author or editor of 35 books, including the award-winning God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln.
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