Pulpits of the Lost Cause - The Faith and Politics of Former Confederate Chaplains During Reconstruction

Compares the faith and politics of former Confederate chaplains during the Reconstruction period, and argues for some counterintuitive understandings of their beliefs and practices in the post-war period

About the author

Steve Longenecker is professor of history emeritus at Bridgewater College, where he chaired the Department of History and Political Science. He is author of Gettysburg Religion: Refinement, Diversity, and Race in the Antebellum and Civil War Border North, and Shenandoah Religion: Outsiders and the Mainstream, 1716-1865.

Summary

Compares the faith and politics of former Confederate chaplains during the Reconstruction period, and argues for some counterintuitive understandings of their beliefs and practices in the post-war period.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Longenecker
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780817321499
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2149-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Religion and American Culture
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous