Alexander Crummell and the Anti-Slavery Dilemma of the Episcopal Church
Alexander Crummell's application to enter the General Theological Seminary in 1839 was problematic for the Episcopal Church. Admitting the African American abolitionist would have exacerbated divisions over slavery within a denomination still recovering from the American Revolution and the Seco...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2019, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 767-784 |
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Crummell, Alexander 1819-1898
/ General Theological Seminary
/ Job application
/ Rejection of
/ Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
/ Abolitionists
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics FB Theological education KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KDE Anglican Church |
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| Summary: | Alexander Crummell's application to enter the General Theological Seminary in 1839 was problematic for the Episcopal Church. Admitting the African American abolitionist would have exacerbated divisions over slavery within a denomination still recovering from the American Revolution and the Second Great Awakening. The Church's increasing financial dependence on its upper-class members was a further complication. In Northern states the social elite supported anti-abolitionist violence, whilst in the South support for the Church came predominantly from slaveholders, who opposed any form of abolitionism. In order to safeguard the Episcopal Church's future, the denomination had to reject Crummell's application. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046919000551 |