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 the southern evangelical movement, this book draws from church records, denominational newspapers, slave narratives, and private letters and diaries to illuminate the dynamic relationship between whites and blacks within the evangelical fold. Irons reveals that when whites theorized about their moral responsibilities toward slaves, they thought first of their relationships with bondmen in their own churches. Thus, African American evangelicals inadvertently shaped the nature of the proslavery argument. When they chose which churches to join, used the procedures set up for church discipline, rejected colonization, or built quasi-independent congregations, for example, black churchgoers spurred their white coreligionists to further develop the religious defense of slavery.
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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.
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"[A] thought-provoking study."
-Virginia Magazine
"A fresh and valuable perspective. . . . An important book with valuable research and insights. . . . Will be of great use to scholars and graduate students in the field."
-Journal of Southern History
"This excellent study reflects the author's considerable research into primary sources ranging from church records to manuscript collections and his mastery of the voluminous secondary literature. . . . A superb first book."
-Catholic Historical Review
"A carefully argued, impressively researched, persuasive book. . . . Convincing and valuable."
-Church History
"Makes useful contributions to a number of distinct historiographical discussions, including those about Revolutionary-era evangelicalism and slavery, the colonization movement, and the role evangelicals played during the secession crisis and in the Confederacy. . . . Irons shows that Christianity's inherent flexibility and its emphasis on the next world more than on this one made proslavery Christianity possible."
-Civil War Book Review
"A thorough, engaging study. . . . Recommended."
-Choice
"Suggest[s] useful ways of thinking about blacks as active agents in the civil and religious debates of the day."
-Georgia Historical Quarterly
"Well researched and carefully nuanced. . . . The great success of this book . . . is Irons's demonstration that religion was just as important as race, class or gender in shaping the antebellum South."
-The Christian Century
-Virginia Magazine
"A fresh and valuable perspective. . . . An important book with valuable research and insights. . . . Will be of great use to scholars and graduate students in the field."
-Journal of Southern History
"This excellent study reflects the author's considerable research into primary sources ranging from church records to manuscript collections and his mastery of the voluminous secondary literature. . . . A superb first book."
-Catholic Historical Review
"A carefully argued, impressively researched, persuasive book. . . . Convincing and valuable."
-Church History
"Makes useful contributions to a number of distinct historiographical discussions, including those about Revolutionary-era evangelicalism and slavery, the colonization movement, and the role evangelicals played during the secession crisis and in the Confederacy. . . . Irons shows that Christianity's inherent flexibility and its emphasis on the next world more than on this one made proslavery Christianity possible."
-Civil War Book Review
"A thorough, engaging study. . . . Recommended."
-Choice
"Suggest[s] useful ways of thinking about blacks as active agents in the civil and religious debates of the day."
-Georgia Historical Quarterly
"Well researched and carefully nuanced. . . . The great success of this book . . . is Irons's demonstration that religion was just as important as race, class or gender in shaping the antebellum South."
-The Christian Century
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Charles F. Irons is assistant professor of history at Elon University.
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Dr. Irons is a professor of history at Elon University in North Carolina, and as a student, I was lucky enough to have him. While my major is sports medicine, I essentially had to take a history class as part of the liberal arts curriculum. I thought that the course would be a breeze--memorize names and dates and regurgitate them on paper as I did in high school--but Irons challenged us to dig up the underlying themes in American history and explore and even question their very meaning. I am sure that his new book will be a wonder, and I will be one of the first to purchase it later this month.
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