Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora (Studies in

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Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora (Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World)

Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora considers how, in areas as diverse as the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa, menâ€™s and womenâ€™s shared Presbyterian faith conditioned their interpretations of and interactions with the institution of chattel slavery. The chapters highlight how Presbyteriansâ€™ reactions to slavery â€“which ranged from abolitionism, to indifference, to supportâ€”reflected their considered application of the principles of the Reformed Tradition to the institution. Consequently, this collection reveals how the particular ways in which Presbyterians framed the Reformed Tradition made slavery an especially problematic and fraught issue for adherents to the faith.

Faith and Slavery, by situating slavery at the nexus of Presbyterian theology and practice, offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between religion and slavery. It reverses the all too common assumption that religion primarily served to buttress existing views on slavery, by illustrating how groupsâ€™ and individuals reactions to slavery emerged from their understanding of the Presbyterian faith. The collectionâ€™s geographic reachâ€”encompassing the experiences of people from Europe, Africa, America, and the Pacificâ€”filtered through the lens of Presbyterianism also highlights the global dimensions of slavery and the debates surrounding it. The institution and the challenges it presented, Faith and Slavery stresses, reflected less the peculiar conditions of a particular place and time, than the broader human condition as people attempt to understand and shape their world.
Country USA
Brand Lehigh University Press
Manufacturer Lehigh University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 4 black & white halftones, 1 tables
ReleaseDate 2016-01-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611462012

Country	USA
Brand	Lehigh University Press
Manufacturer	Lehigh University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	4 black & white halftones, 1 tables
ReleaseDate	2016-01-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781611462012

Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora (Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World)

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