Sentences with phrase «over the slavery issue»

Instead hostility and resentment frequently motivated the ministry, especially in the denominations that had split over the slavery issue.

The Baptist was the second of the great Protestant denominations to split over the slavery issue.

The third large Protestant denomination to split over the slavery issue was the Methodist.

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Cindy, I share your grief... especially remembering how Southern Baptists, Southern Presbyterians, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South separated from their northern sisters and brothers over the issue of slavery in the 19th century.

Tony... you forgot so many others... U.S. civil war (slavery), War of 1812 (left over issues form A.R.), Korea (communist expansion), Vietnam (communist expansion), Mexican - American war (imperialism — texas too good to pass up), and the list goes on.

Slavery is but one of many issues that Christians have disagreed over since the founding of the government.

The momentous schism between the «Southern» and «Northern» Baptists occurred in 1845 amid the growing debate over slavery and related issues.

Whichever scholar has the better argument, they agree that the decision focused the debate over slavery and introduced into the already heady brew of issues involved in that debate the question of the scope of judicial power under the Constitution.

The result is a readable, intelligent, and highly competent survey of the intense sectional controversies that arose over the issue of the extension of slavery to the western territories from the 1840s until the outbreak of war.

There are other reasons to boycott Nestlé, such as concern over its exploitation of water resources (see Council of Canadians boycott call), treatment of dairy and coffee farmers, accusations of child slavery and labour in its cocoa supply chain and other issues (see report to the UN Global Compact office, 2009).

So, the events of the past few years — among them the violence of white supremacists in Charlottesville, the church shootings in Charleston, the national debate over Confederate flags and memorials — certainly shaped the book, especially as they emphasize the extent to which the history of our country is built around the armature of slavery and the Civil War, and how far we still are from putting those issues behind us.

When Cora gets the better of her in a discussion over the issue of slavery as depicted in the bible, Ethel snaps at her and ends the conversation.