Uncle Tom's Cabin Religion Analysis

Christianity is an Abrahamic faith based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Many good Christians tend to believe in equality and love for all people, no matter what religion, gender, orientation, or race. Harriet Beecher Stowe is able to include Christian ideology into Uncle Tom’s Cabin and use it to argue the morality and righteousness of slavery. “One newspaper, La Civilta Cattolica, objected to Harriet Beecher Stowe's portrayal "of sentiments so noble and virtues so marvelous [being acquired] by the sole reading of the sole Bible, which seems to be the predominant fixation of the author" (qtd. in Rossi 42223)” (Ashley C. Barnes). Barnes is saying that critics and readers have been able to notice Stowe’s incorporation of Christian morals and Bible references.
For example she writes, “Tom,’ says I to him, ‘I trust you, because I think you’re a Christian- I know you wouldn’t cheat” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin). By saying this, Stowe is showing how Mr. Shelby is able to trust his slave because he believes that he is a Christian, and Christians are known to be good people and trustworthy. “The fact that Tom is a Christian and has never cheated Shelby, for instance, makes Tom a more valuable "article" on the slave market” (Christopher Diller). Therefore, through characterization Stowe is able to prove Christianity as an important aspect in her novel. The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin tends to incorporate many Christian views and beliefs into the novel which evidently coincides with her disapproval of