A Visitation of God - Northern Civilians Interpret the Civil War

Zusatztext an exceptional piece of research. The work of the historian of religion and war is physically and emotionally taxing, and Scott has paid his bills and, to all appearances, the bills of many others as well. Informationen zum Autor Sean Scott is Assistant Editor, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Klappentext "Confined geographically to: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa." (p. 5). Zusammenfassung Fraught with religious meaning, the Civil War witnessed the sanctification of patriotism as northern churches wholeheartedly supported the Union. Scott recreates the lives of ordinary religious citizens through their own words in this groundbreaking study of northern laymen's Christianity in the Civil War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1.: "If God Saves Not Our Country It Must Be Lost" Providence, Secession, and the Outbreak of War 2.: "Until the Great Sin . . . Has Been Removed" God's Chastening, the Sacred Union, and Emancipation 3.: . "Try to Live the Life of a Christian" The Personal Faith of Women on the Home Front 4.: "Christian Patriotism" in Flush Political Preaching, Antiwar Dissent, and Summer Thanksgiving 5.: "Exhorting You to Be Faithful to God and to Men" Fatherly Counsel and the Path to Christian Manhood 6.: "Discord Sown among Brethren" Church Division and Bible Appropriation 7.: "Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Cure" Civilian Perspectives on Death and Eternity 8.: "God Be Thanked the Nation and Humanity Were Saved" Retribution against Traitors, the Reelection of Lincoln, and the Termination of War 9.: "How Mysterious Are the Ways of Providence" Civilian Attitudes toward the Assassination of Lincoln Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Scott, Sean A. Scott, Scott Sean A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2010
• EAN: 9780195395990
• ISBN: 978-0-19-539599-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)