---
title: 'The Cause of the South'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James William Shaw'
date: 1861-06-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Intermediate State'
- 'Resurrection'
- 'Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Hebrews 12'
- '1 Samuel 16'
- 'John 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shaw-1861-the-cause-of-the-south
---

# The Cause of the South

Argues the soul's perfection and benefits of the spiritual body; denounces Southern slavery as the war's cause; defines religion as doctrinal, experimental, and practical.

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