A Prelude to Civil War: The Religious Nonprofit Sector as a Civil Means of Debate over Slavery, Christian Higher Education, and Religious Philanthropy in the Stone-Campbell Movement

This paper examines the role of Christian higher education and religious philanthropy in the debate over slavery prior to the Civil War. Competing religious views regarding slavery led to the founding of Indiana's abolitionist Butler University. The school's decision to brazenly support th...

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Main Author: Austin, Thad S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 8, Pages: 1-11
Further subjects:B Slavery
B Higher Education
B Religion
B Civil War
B Philanthropy
B Abolition
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