
The Civil War as a Theological Crisis
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Narrated by:
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Marc Cashman
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By:
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Mark A. Noll
The Civil War was a major turning point in American religious thought, argues Mark A. Noll. Although Christian believers agreed with one another that the Bible was authoritative and that it should be interpreted through commonsense principles, there was rampant disagreement about what Scripture taught about slavery.
Furthermore, most Americans continued to believe that God ruled over the affairs of people and nations, but they were radically divided in their interpretations of what God was doing in and through the war.In addition to examining what white and black Americans wrote about slavery and race, Noll surveys commentary from foreign observers. Protestants and Catholics in Europe and Canada saw clearly that no matter how much the voluntary reliance on scriptural authority had contributed to the construction of national civilization, if there were no higher religious authority than personal interpretation regarding an issue as contentious as slavery, the resulting public deadlock would amount to a full-blown theological crisis. By highlighting this theological conflict, Noll adds to our understanding of not only the origins but also the intensity of the Civil War.
The book is published by University of North Carolina Press.
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What made the experience of listening to The Civil War as a Theological Crisis the most enjoyable?
Various viewpoints carefully set out, and relevance to theological struggles today, for example in my Episcopal Church, where extremely conservative voices argue Scripture minutely, while ignoring its sweep.History
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Theological crisis/Civil War
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Comprehensive and Exhaustive
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Well researched and well written
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Great Theological Resource for the Civil War
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I was impressed at points such as when he dealt with the inconsistency of a pro-slavery position in Reformed theology that did not allow for a bifurcation between the nation of Israel and the US at the time.
Warning: this is not the type of book you listen to while surfing the internet or perhaps more thought intensive tasks. I caught myself "drifting" a few times if I did not focus on the reading.
Great book; thanks Dr. Noll!
As far as the narrator, I think this is the first I have listened to him. He did mispronounce Karl Barth and George Whitefield's name and a few others. Not a big deal, but sort of sounds like nails scraping a chalk board to a theologian :)
Shaun Price, PhD student, Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen
An important work
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Would you listen to The Civil War as a Theological Crisis again? Why?
No, I just listened to it. Why listen again?What other book might you compare The Civil War as a Theological Crisis to and why?
Nothing comes to mind.What about Marc Cashman’s performance did you like?
Mr. Cashman has a very pleasant voice, but he should have consulted a scholar on the proper pronunciation of many words that he spoke incorrectly. This is a common problem for Audible narrators of non-fiction -- they need, before they begin recording, to take a short course on pronunciation of certain proper nouns and technical terms distinctive to the field.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
NoNarrator needs to pronounce his words correctly
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