THE CIVIL WAR AS A THEOLOGICAL CRISIS
by Mark Noll
Scholarly study of American Christianity in the mid-1800's and how the issue of slavery and the experience of the Civil War undermined common assumptions. This helped set the stage for loss of Biblical authority through "higher criticism" later in the century. Helpful analysis of the difference between the literal study of individual texts and the overall theology of the whole Bible on an issue like slavery (with implications for other issues like "women's roles," etc.).
Scholarly study of American Christianity in the mid-1800's and how the issue of slavery and the experience of the Civil War undermined common assumptions. This helped set the stage for loss of Biblical authority through "higher criticism" later in the century. Helpful analysis of the difference between the literal study of individual texts and the overall theology of the whole Bible on an issue like slavery (with implications for other issues like "women's roles," etc.).
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