The moral octave -- The pastor-professor as polemicist -- Thornwell's intellectual milieu -- Thornwell's philosophy and theology -- The philosopher-theologian and his world -- "The Calhoun of the church" -- The southern clergy and the slavery debate -- Toward secession: The southern church and the climax of sectional antipathy.
Note
"The Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer prize essay of the American Society of Church History."