"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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... forces clashed in the newly opened Kansas territory in 1856, Brown and his family stood at the epicenter of the crisis as determined enemies of slavery and—as a minority within a minority—passionate allies of the black community. Though ...
... forces in history.” Perhaps we will then sense an inscrutable purpose “behind both the personal decisions and the vast impersonal forces of history.” At least, a religious analysis should allow us to ponder and wonder more than ...
... forces that he may have sensed flowing around and through him. Brown's first biographers are often charged with having written panegyrics lined with appeals to God's purpose.7 The modern historian responds by saying that we are to ...
... forces beyond himself. Whether those forces were supernatural is a question that cannot be answered by historical inquiry alone. However, recognizing the depth and value of Brown's religious life and the religious world around him may ...
... forces which constitute the strength and glory of a free government are the family, the school, and the church.” Perhaps the church was the place where Owen found the greatest fulfillment, though in later years his abolitionist views ...
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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
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