Gospel of Disunion

By Mitchell Snay

Book Overview

Gospel of Disunion examines the ways in which religion influenced the development of a distinctive Southern culture and politics before the Civil War, translating the secessionist movement into a struggle of the highest moral significance. It explores such topics as the religious pro-slavery argument and the slaveholding ethic for Christian masters, the denominational schisms of the 1830s and 1840s that divided Southern Protestants along sectional lines, and the distinctive religious rationale for secession. This book is the first major attempt to explore fully the relationship between religion and the origins of Southern nationalism in all these manifestations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521431220
• ISBN13: 9780521431224
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

very interesting!

this is one of the first books i've read which has gone off the path in its study of the american civil war, a topic which one might think has had everything written on it. snay's writing is both clear and insightful.