The Civil War As a Theological Crisis by Mark A Noll

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The Civil War As a Theological Crisis by Mark A Noll

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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.

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The Civil War As a Theological Crisis by Mark A Noll

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.
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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ISBN 13 9781469621814
ISBN 10 1469621819
Title The Civil War As a Theological Crisis
Author Mark A Noll
Series The Steven And Janice Brose Lectures In The Civil War Era
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Year published 2015-02-28
Number of pages 216
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.