| Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora Contributor(s): Taylor, William Harrison (Editor), Messer, Peter C. (Editor), Devine, Tom (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1611462010 ISBN-13: 9781611462012 Publisher: Lehigh University Press OUR PRICE: $107.91 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Religion - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 241.675 |
| LCCN: 2015041957 |
| Series: Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, men's and women's shared Presbyterian faith conditioned their interpretations of and interactions with the institution of chattel slavery. The chapters highlight how Presbyterians' reactions to slavery -which ranged from abolitionism, to indifference, to support-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 groups' and individuals reactions to slavery emerged from their understanding of the Presbyterian faith. The collection's geographic reach-encompassing the experiences of people from Europe, Africa, America, and the Pacific-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. |