Religion and the American Civil War

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Religion and the American Civil War

edited by Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson

Oxford University Press, 1998

  • : cloth : acid-free paper
  • : pbk. : acid-free paper

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Essays presented at a symposium held at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Oct. 1994

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: cloth : acid-free paper ISBN 9780195121285

Description

The sixteen essays in this volume, all previously unpublished, address the little considered question of the role played by religion in the American Civil War. The authors show that religion, understood in its broadest context, as a culture and community of faith, was found wherever the war was found. Comprising essays by such scholars as Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Drew Galpin Faust, Mark Noll, Reid Mitchell, Harry Stout, and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, and featuring an Afterword by James McPherson, this collection marks the first step towards uncovering this crucial yet neglected aspect of American history.

Table of Contents

Preface Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson: Introduction Overview 1: Philip Shaw Paludan: Religion and the American Civil War Ideas 2: Mark A. Noll: The Bible and Slavery 3: Eugene D. Genovese: Religion in the Collapse of the Union 4: Bertram Wyatt-Brown: Church, Honor, and Secession 5: George M. Fredrickson: The Coming of the Lord: The Northern Protestant Clergy and the Civil War Crisis 6: Kurt O. Berends: "Wholesome Reading Purifies and Elevates the Man": The Religious Military Press in the Confederacy 7: Paul Harvey: "Yankee Faith" and Southern Redemption: White Southern Baptist Ministers, 1850-1880 8: Daniel W. Stowell: Stonewall Jackson and the Providence of God 9: Ronald C. White: Lincoln's Sermon on the Mount: The Second Inaugural 10: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese: Days of Judgement, Days of Wrath: The Civil War and the Religious Imagination of Women Writers 11: Drew Gilpin Faust: "Without Pilot or Compass": Elite Women and Religion in the Civil War South 12: Randall M. Miller: Catholic Religion, Irish Ethnicity, and the Civil War 13: Reid Mitchell: Christian Soldiers?: Perfecting the Confederacy Places 14: Harry S. Stout and Christopher Grasso: Civil War, Religion and Communications: Richmond as a Case Study 15: Samual S. Hill: Religion and the Results of the Civil War Comparisons 16: Charles Reagan Wilson: Religion and the American Civil War in Comparative Perspective James M. McPherson: Afterward Contributors Index
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: pbk. : acid-free paper ISBN 9780195121292

Description

The sixteen essays in this volume, all previously unpublished, address the little considered question of the role played by religion in the American Civil War. The authors show that religion, understood in its broadest context as a culture and community of faith, was found wherever the war was found. Comprising essays by such scholars as Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Drew Galpin Faust, Mark Noll, Reid Mitchell, Harry Stout, and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, and featuring an afterword by James McPherson, this collection marks the first step towards uncovering this crucial yet neglected aspect of American history.

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  • OVERVIEW
  • IDEAS
  • PLACES
  • COMPARISONS

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