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The Origins of Proslavery Christianity: White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia

by Charles F. Irons

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In the colonial and antebellum South, black and white evangelicals frequently prayed, sang, and worshipped together. 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. Set in Virginia, the largest slaveholding state and the hearth of show more the southern evangelical movement, this book draws from church records, denominational newspaper show less

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Charles F. Irons is assistant professor of history at Elon University

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Published: 2008
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS: 241.67509755
LCC: E445 .V8 .I76

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