Slavery and sin reveals the antislavery origins of liberal protestantism unable to use the letter of the bible to answer the proslavery claim that slavery was not a sin in and of itself antebellum antislavery protestants including william ellery channing francis wayland moses stuart leonard bacon and horace bushnell argued that biblical principles opposed slavery and that god revealed . Slavery and sin the fight against slavery and the rise of liberal protestantism by molly oshatz new york oxford university press 2012 pp x 184 4995 by molly oshatz new york oxford university press 2012. Note 5 retrouvez slavery and sin the fight against slavery and the rise of liberal protestantism et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. Slavery and sin the fight against slavery and the rise of liberal protestantism molly oshatz slavery and sin the fight against slavery and the rise of liberal protestantism new york oxford university press 2012 pp x 183 4995 charles f irons charles f irons elon university search for other works by this author on oxford academic google scholar the american historical review . In this provocative and elegantly written book molly oshatz provides an important reframing of the theological significance of the antebellum debate over slave