An edition of The origins of proslavery Christianity (2008)
The Origins of Proslavery Christianity
White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia
By Charles F. Irons
Publish Date
2008
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Language
eng
Pages
384
Description:
Even though white evangelicals claimed spiritual fellowship with those of African descent, they nonetheless emerged as the most effective defenders of race-based slavery. As Charles Irons persuasively argues, white evangelicals' ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals. --from publisher description
subjects: African Americans, Evangelicalism, History, Influence, Political aspects of Evangelicalism, Religion, Religious life, Slavery and the church, Slaves, Turner, nat, 1800?-1831, African americans, religion, African americans, virginia, African americans, southern states, Slaves, united states
People: Nat Turner (1800?-1831)
Places: Southern States, Virginia