The Edwardsean Tradition and the Antislavery Debate, 1740–1865

Minkema and Stout show the contradictory ways a theological tradition deriving from Jonathan Edwards entered into the American debate over slavery for nearly a century. They also highlight the radical and conservative uses of an important theological tradition. Among other things, they note that the...

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Published inThe Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 47 - 74
Main Authors Minkema, Kenneth P., Stout, Harry S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Organization of American Historians 01.06.2005
Subjects
Abolitionism
American history
Benevolence
Civil wars
Colonialism
Divinity
Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
Politics
Religion
Religion & politics
Slave ownership
Slave trade
Slavery
Slaves
Theology
United States history
New York
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Summary:Minkema and Stout show the contradictory ways a theological tradition deriving from Jonathan Edwards entered into the American debate over slavery for nearly a century. They also highlight the radical and conservative uses of an important theological tradition. Among other things, they note that the Edwardseans demonstrate the intimate connections between politics and religion, in the antebellum period generally and in the slavery debate particularly.
Bibliography:The authors would especially like to thank David Brion Davis for asking them to prepare the paper out of which this essay grew for the conference “Yale, New Haven, and American Slavery” at Yale University, September 2002. We also are grateful to Ava Chamberlain, Joseph Conforti, Hugh Davis, Mark Noll, John Saillant, Douglas Sweeney, and the anonymous readers for the Journal of American History for their helpful comments.
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ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
1936-0967
DOI:10.2307/3660525