Rebuilding Zion : the religious reconstruction of the South, 1863-1877 / Daniel W. Stowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stowell, Daniel W., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Southern States--Church history--19th century.

Southern States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During and after the Civil War, Southern evangelicals remained convinced that their cause was both Christian and just, becoming more entrenched as Northern evangelicals entered the South after the war, aiming to save freed men. This work plots the resulting conflict during reconstruction.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Stonewall Jackson and the Providence of God; 1 God's Wrath: Disruption, Destruction, and Confusion in Southern Religious Life; 2 God's Chastisement: The Confederate Understanding of the Civil War; 3 God's Judgment: The Northern Understanding of the Civil War; 4 God's Deliverance: The Freedpeople's Understanding of the Civil War; 5 Crossing Jordan: The Black Quest for Religious Autonomy; 6 Southern Churches Resurgent: Denominational Structures and Religious Newspapers; 7 Educating Confederate Christians: Sunday Schools and Denominational Colleges

8 ""A Pure and Loyal Gospel"": Northern Missionary Efforts in the South9 Voting the Bible: Religion and Politics in the Reconstruction South; 10 One Nation under God? Efforts toward Sectional Reunion; Conclusion: The Shape of Religious Reconstruction; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-267) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771572-9

1-280-52853-2

0-19-802621-8

0-585-21017-9

OCLC:

476011411