Fraught with religious meaning, the Civil War witnessed the sanctification ofpatriotism 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. INDICE: 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 HomeFront; 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-539599-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés