Vale of tears : new essays on religion and Reconstruction / edited by Edward J. Blum and W. Scott Poole.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blum, Edward J.

Poole, W. Scott, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Religion and sociology.

History.

Religion and politics.

Religion.

Southern States--History--1865-1877.

Southern States.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.

United States.

Politics and government.

Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.

United States--Religion--19th century.

Southern States--Religion--19th century.

Religion and politics--United States--History--19th century.

Religion and politics--Southern States--History--19th century.

Southern States--Social conditions--1865-1945.

Social conditions.

Religion and sociology--Southern States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

ix, 265 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2005]

Contents:

Parameters of promiscuity / Kimberly R. Kellison

Confederate apocalypse / W. Scott Poole

"One fold and one chief shepherd" / Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr.

"That was about equalization after freedom" / Paul Harvey

"O God of a godless land" / Edward J. Blum

"With a sublime faith in God, and in republican liberty" / Mark Wahlgren Summers

Why "redemption"? / Daniel W. Stowell

The end of slavery and the origins of the Bible Belt / Gaines M. Foster

"No disruption of union" / David T. Gleeson

"Betwixt and between" / Kent A. McConnell

"Pageantry of woe" / Joan Waugh

(re)producing white supremacy / Laura J. Veltman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0865549621

0865549877

OCLC:

61204309

Publisher Number:

9780865549623

9780865549876