The Use of the New Testament in the American Slave Controversy: A Case History in the Hermeneutical Tension between Biblical Criticism and Christian Moral Debate

The study of nineteenth-century U.S. biblical exegesis on the slavery question illumines a fundamental paradox in American religious culture. The relationship between the moral imperative of anti-slavery and the evolution of biblical criticism resulted in a major paradigm shift away from literalism....

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Главный автор: Harrill, J. Albert 1963- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2000
В: Religion and American culture
Год: 2000, Том: 10, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 149-186
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Итог:The study of nineteenth-century U.S. biblical exegesis on the slavery question illumines a fundamental paradox in American religious culture. The relationship between the moral imperative of anti-slavery and the evolution of biblical criticism resulted in a major paradigm shift away from literalism. This moral imperative fostered an interpretive approach that found conscience to be a more reliable guide to Christian morality than biblical authority. Yet, the political imperative of proslavery nourished a biblicism that long antedated the proslavery argumentation and remains prevalent in American moral preaching. The nineteenth-century desire to resolve this paradox led to important innovations in American interpretations of the Bible.
ISSN:1533-8568
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Religion and American culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/rac.2000.10.2.03a00020