Gospel of Disunion Religion and Separatism in the Antebellum South by Mitchell Snay "A major contribution to clarifying what increasingly seems like a fundamental cause of the war: the differing ideologies, North and South, with religious values playing a key part in providing moral meanings to both sides."Charles Reagan Wilson, American Historical Review 280 pp., 4687-2 $16.95 pa

Subduing Satan Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920 by Ted Ownby "Ownby's re-creation of male recreation is rich and fascinating."Nation 298 pp., 1913-1 $34.95 cl 4429-2 $14.95 pa Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies

Redeeming the South Religious Cultures and Racial Identities among Southern Baptists, 1865-1925 by Paul Harvey "With the candor of faith, the insight of hope and the judiciousness of charity, Paul Harvey has documented the uneasy spiritual rapprochement between white and black Christians for a critical segment of American history. The problems which threatened the faith a hundred years ago are, alas, still with us, but looking at them in well-documented retrospect reminds us once again that perhaps there is still time."C. Eric Lincoln, Duke University 342 pp., 2324-4 $49.95 cl 4634-1 $17.95 pa Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies

The Social Gospel in Black and White American Racial Reform, 1885-1912 by Ralph E. Luker Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States "Massive, thoroughly documented, clearly written, [and] judicious."Church History 462 pp., 1978-6 $16.95 cl Studies in Religion Forthcoming in paperback for Spring 1998 courses!