Civil war Quote by Andrew Himes

“The traumatic experience of the Civil War and its aftermath in the 19th century was the incubator of Christian fundamentalism in 20th century America. The…

— Andrew Himes

“During America’s first century, racist theological ideas were absolutely critical to sanctioning the growth of American slavery and making it acceptable to the Christian…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Baptist evangelicals in the South as well as throughout the country were deeply opposed to slavery.…

— Andrew Himes

“Slavery proved to be a much more complicated issue for American evangelicals both North and South, who discovered that their religious attitudes and interpretations…

— Andrew Himes

“Slavery proved to be a much more complicated issue for American evangelicals both North and South, who discovered that their religious attitudes and interpretations…

— Andrew Himes

There is not one particular moment that can account for the shift from the social issue concerns of 19th-century evangelicals into the state of…

— Anthea Butler

“It would be safe to say that by the nineteenth century, pietism had long since dislodged Puritanism as the dominant force in American religious life.”

— Stephen J. Nichols

“He must needs stand erect, inflexible, uncompromising, an image of Puritan intolerance and Puritan grandeur. Against his granite-like character and convictions the insolence of…

— Archibald Henry Grimke

“The roots of 20th century American fundamentalism can be discerned in the confluence of these two streams of immigration, culture, and history. A unique…

— Andrew Himes

“By contrast, the subsequent waves of Puritans in their search for profits quickly uprooted all natives and sold many of them into slavery without…

— Jack Weatherford

“The logic of evangelical Protestants in the 18th century led to an inescapable conclusion: If God was indeed no respecter of persons, and if…

— Andrew Himes

“The greatest abuse of all-the slave trade-was ended as a direct result of the political influence of evangelical Christians in Britain, who were connected…

— Thomas Sowell