Special letter to the Unitarians

There is a series of posts about violence and neo-Confederacy. Look for the label ID violence.

I have had the Internet Archive archive many of the neo-Confederate web pages if they delete them.

This is the letter I sent.

February 26, 2019

                                                                                    Edward H. Sebesta

                                                                                   

                                                                                    edwardsebesta@gmail.com

Dixie Pomerat

President UUFM

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Mobile, AL 36608

Dear Dixie Pomerat:

I wish to add a note about the neo-Confederate movement’s special hostility against the Unitarians. They view the Civil War as a theological conflict and the Unitarians and Transcendentalists as agents who led the nation into civil war and a campaign to destroy  antebellum society.  Dr. Euan Hague and I had an article published at the Canadian Review of American Studies, Univ. of Toronto Press, in 2002. The article is available online https://muse.jhu.edu/article/680125/summary. I can get you a pdf if you have issues with that site.

Though the article limited to 7,000 words focuses on Transcendentalists, neo-Confederate writing considers Unitarianism to be largely the same.

In this issue of their magazine, http://www.scv.org/new/confederate-veteran-magazine-jan-feb-2016/, (Starts on page 55), you will see a review of a book, “Cultures in Conflict: The Union Desecration of Southern Churches and Cemeteries,” by Charles A. Jennings. The review is by Dr. Boyd D. Cathey. Unitarianism is specifically mentioned in the review. In a more recent issue is an article complaining that a conservative philosopher should have attacked Unitarians rather than Puritans. http://www.scv.org/new/confederate-veteran-magazine-may-june/. (Starts on page 18.)

I hope you take seriously security during the SCV reunion in Mobile, Alabama. Please contact me if you wish to see additional documentation of their hostility.

                                                            Sincerely Yours,

                                                            Edward H. Sebesta