A visitation of God : northern civilians interpret the Civil War / Sean A. Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Sean A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laity--United States--History--19th century.

Laity.

War--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--19th century.

War.

Slavery and the church--United States.

Slavery and the church.

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

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2010

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text examines the Civil War from the perspective of the northern laity, those religious civilians whose personal faith influenced their views on politics and slavery, helped them cope with physical separation and death engendered by the war, and enabled them to discern the hand of God in the struggle to preserve the national Union.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. "If God Saves Not Our Country It Must Be Lost": Providence, Secession, and the Outbreak of War; Chapter 2. "Until the Great Sin . . . Has Been Removed": God's Chastening, the Sacred Union, and Emancipation; Chapter 3. "Try to Live the Life of a Christian": The Personal Faith of Women on the Home Front; Chapter 4. "Christian Patriotism" in Flush: Political Preaching, Antiwar Dissent, and Summer Thanksgiving; Chapter 5. "Exhorting You to Be Faithful . . . to God and to Men": Fatherly Counsel and the Path to Christian Manhood

Chapter 6. "Discord Sown among Brethren": The Appropriation of Scripture, Politicized Religion, and Church DivisionChapter 7. "Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Cure": Civilian Perspectives on Death and Eternity; Chapter 8. "God Be Thanked the Nation and Humanity Were Saved": Retribution against Traitors, the Reelection of Lincoln, and the Termination of War; Chapter 9. "How Mysterious Are the Ways of Providence": Civilian Attitudes toward the Assassination of Lincoln; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 17, 2010).

ISBN:

0-19-045327-3

0-19-994508-X

9786612880834

0-19-978098-6

1-282-88083-7

OCLC:

707227643