"Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John BrownNYU Press, 22. des. 2002 - 349 sider Reveals a complex new portrait of John Brown, radical abolitionist and leader of the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry |
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... concerned, go read the history of John Brown. That was what I call a white liberal. But those other kind, they are questionable.4 But if Brown is misunderstood by modern scholars and writers, it is also because of his strong religious ...
... concerned about protecting Southern sensibilities and avoiding civil war than he was about liberating three million enslaved black people. “No man sent me here,” Brown answered candidly. “It was my own prompting and that of my Maker, or ...
... concerned.5 Understanding that anti-black sentiment was a vital part of the North is essential to understanding John Brown's story too. Brown grew to manhood in an era, not only when slavery was enjoying a renaissance in the South, but ...
... concerned for the quality of Christian life and the condition of the church, and he feared how human sinfulness—including slavery—corrupted the Christian witness. In a fascinating letter to his son John Brown in 1855, Owen wrote at ...
... concerns about the spiritual well-being at Hudson in the summer of 1837: “We very much need a revival of Religion[.] [W]e are truly [cold],” he wrote to Florilla. “We have not much [spiritual] life but . . . pray much for us.” A ...
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Part III Providence and Principle | 81 |
Part IV In Times of Difficulty | 121 |
Part V Big Difficulties and Firm Footholds | 161 |
Part VI Enduring Hardness | 203 |
VII I Will Raise a Storm | 237 |
A Saints Rest | 279 |
Notes | 285 |
Selected Bibliography | 335 |
Index | 345 |
About the Author
| 349 |
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