Biblical Interpretation, Race, and Union Presbyterian Seminary
Chattel slavery in the United States was never foreordained. The deliberate misinterpretation of Scripture predisposed people to accept what the Bible condemned. The development of the Biblical Theology movement, by emphasizing the plain sense of Scripture over cultural assumptions and discredited s...
| Published in: | Interpretation |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Sage Publ.
2021
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| In: |
Interpretation
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Slavery
/ Union Presbyterian Seminary
/ Biblical theology
/ Dabney, Robert Lewis 1820-1898
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KBQ North America NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
American Slavery
B Robert Lewis Dabney B Biblical Theology B Union Presbyterian Seminary B Ante-bellum Biblical Interpretation B Benjamin Mosby Smith |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Chattel slavery in the United States was never foreordained. The deliberate misinterpretation of Scripture predisposed people to accept what the Bible condemned. The development of the Biblical Theology movement, by emphasizing the plain sense of Scripture over cultural assumptions and discredited scientific theories, led Union Presbyterian Seminary to repudiate the immorality that was slavery and segregation. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964320961671 |