to bring forward being asked to work on the sabbath, the sabbath is the dale of -- day of rest. evangelicalism allows them to stand on either -- equal footing. that is the direct link. the indirect one is coming. at most in the 19th century and it is about the power of reading. lots of focus on literacy. if a book matters, you've got to be able to read it. if the word is inspired, the word is of god, it's important work and you have to be able to read it. the reason i use inspired, the holy spirit is actually helping the reader understand. what happens in the evangelical move, who has control over what the bible says? the reader. because the reader is being inspired by god through the holy spirit. this use of literacy, the ability to read matter. it caused great strain for southerners, in particular when slaves were able to read the text and interpret it for themselves, which is why during the 19th century you are going to see a whole series of laws for bidding slaves from learning how to read. that is connected. the reason you want to keep slaves from being able to read is they

off from making policy, the churches organized for double bible distribution, the observance of the sabbath, for suppression vice and immorality. they grew. the time the french liberal took his celebrated tour of the united states he was amazed to find while in the united states religion has no influence on the laws were on the details of political opinions, nevertheless it directs the mores, and through the mores it works to regulate the state. the question he did not ask was whether american religion would always be content with cultural dominance, and might not seize an opportunity if it presented itself to assert a political role. if ever there was a mama where it seemed possible, the american religion might assume a managing place in public politics, the civil war was it. it was a moment when delegations of concerned clergyman received high-profile interviews with the president. when the national reform association moved amendment of the constitution to add formal recognition of christianity to the constitution's preamble. when the military chaplaincy was dramatically expanded to becom

that they had violated them, had done harm to them, asked them to do work on a sabbath, which would be a good charge to bring forward. it allowed them to stand on an equal footing, and this would put a strain on slavery. that is the direct strain. the other strain is coming, in the 19th century, and it is about the power of reading. protestants put focus on literacy. if the book matters, you have to be able to read it. if the word is of god, it is an important book, and in order to understand it, you have to be able to read it. the reason i use the word inspires because the holy spirit is actually helping the reader understand the text. what happens in this evangelical move is it the centers -- d ecenters power. who has word over what the bible says? the reader. this use of literacy, the ability it to read -- ability to read matters. it will cause great strain for southerners, in particular when slaves were able to read the text and interpret it for themselves, which is why during the 19 century, you will see a whole series of laws preventing slaves from learning how to read. that is c