The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming

Tru Friends Friday - Dr. Mike Davis. Echoes of Slavery "justification!"

Episode Summary

It is stunning how slave holders before the American Civil War tried to justify their actions with arguments similar to those used by those who restrict women in the church and the home! Christy is stunned as she and Bruce talk with Rev. Dr. Mike Davis on this Tru Friend Friday episode of The Eden Podcast!

Episode Notes

It is stunning how slave holders before the American Civil War tried to justify their actions with arguments similar to those used by those who restrict women in the church and the home! Christy is stunned as she and Bruce talk with Rev. Dr. Mike David on this Tru Friend Friday episode of The Eden Podcast!

Here are some of books Mike referred to on this episode.

• The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, by Mark A. Noll
• Slavery, Sabbath, War and Women, by Willard M. Swartley
• Slaves In The New Testament: Literary, Social And Moral Dimensions, by J. Albert Harrill
• Theology and Slavery: Charles Hodge and Horace Bushnell. by Dr. David Torbett
• “Defensing Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Old South: A Brief History with Documents, by Professor Paul Finkelman
• The Trinity and Subordinationism: The Doctrine of God and the Contemporary Gender-Debates, by Kevin Giles (specifically part 3: The Slavery Tradition  chapters 10-13)
• “The Religious Defense of Slavery before 1830" (online article),  by Larry R. Morrison

Here's a link to his previous appearance on The Eden Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eden-podcast-with-bruce-c-e-fleming/id1536987547?i=1000635141113