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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Main Author: Harrill, J. Albert 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2000
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 2000, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-186
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