Identifying the Image of God: Radical Christians and Nonviolent Power in the Antebellum United StatesOxford University Press, 2002 M11 14 - 304 páginas Between 1820 and 1860, American social reformers invited all people to identify God's image in the victims of war, slavery, and addiction. Identifying the Image of God traces the theme of identification--and its liberal Christian roots--through the literature of social reform, focusing on sentimental novels, temperance tales, and slave narratives, and invites contemporary activists to revive the "politics of identification." |
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... called the " solemn and heaven - attested Declaration " and a Constitution he denounced as " a covenant with death , an agreement with hell . " 2 The politics of identification was at least as dependent on Christian theology as on ...
... called the " solemn and heaven - attested Declaration " and a Constitution he denounced as " a covenant with death , an agreement with hell . " 2 The politics of identification was at least as dependent on Christian theology as on ...
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... the very character of Creation . As a consequence , coercive power was always weaker than what abolitionist Frederick Douglass ( 1817-95 ) called the " magic power of human sympathy . " " It is beyond 6 Identifying the Image of God.
... the very character of Creation . As a consequence , coercive power was always weaker than what abolitionist Frederick Douglass ( 1817-95 ) called the " magic power of human sympathy . " " It is beyond 6 Identifying the Image of God.
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... called on his neighbors to identify with the victims of violence and oppression , and his depiction of Elnathan Stone exemplifies this sentimental practice . Elnathan identifies with his enemies and , by telling his story , induces ...
... called on his neighbors to identify with the victims of violence and oppression , and his depiction of Elnathan Stone exemplifies this sentimental practice . Elnathan identifies with his enemies and , by telling his story , induces ...
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... called Native Americans " savages , " but they insisted that savages had " hearts as bold and true " and " bosoms throbbing with as deep and fervent tenderness " as civi- lized Europeans.44 Consequently , they treated events such as the ...
... called Native Americans " savages , " but they insisted that savages had " hearts as bold and true " and " bosoms throbbing with as deep and fervent tenderness " as civi- lized Europeans.44 Consequently , they treated events such as the ...
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... the novelists meant for readers to take their angelic refer- ences . They placed many in the mouths of naive or ill - educated characters , and occa- sionally a so - called angel will disavow the label 32 Identifying the Image of God.
... the novelists meant for readers to take their angelic refer- ences . They placed many in the mouths of naive or ill - educated characters , and occa- sionally a so - called angel will disavow the label 32 Identifying the Image of God.
Contenido
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From Sentimentality to Social Reform The Emergence of Radical Christian Liberalism | 46 |
The Gospel the Declaration and the Divine Child Theology and Literature of Ultra Reform | 66 |
Looking for Victims Violence and Theology in Temperance Narratives | 102 |
Through the BloodStained Gate Violence Birth and the Imago Dei in Fugitive Slave Narratives | 127 |
Epics of Ambivalence Nonviolent Power in Harriet Beecher Stowes Antislavery Novels | 157 |
Violent Messiahs Radical Christian Liberals and the Civil War | 174 |
Liberal Irony | 215 |
Notes | 219 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 281 |
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