03626nam a2200469Ka 4500 ocn698114978 OCoLC 20200709055333.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110124s2010 ncua ob s001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780807834268 0807834262 9780807899311 (electronic bk.) 0807899313 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)698114978 353074 (N$T) n-us--- E635 .R33 2010eb HIS 036050 bisacsh 973.7/78 22 N$TA Rable, George C. God's almost chosen peoples [electronic resource] : a religious history of the American Civil War / George C. Rable. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010. 1 online resource (586 p.) : ill. The Littlefield history of the Civil War era Includes bibliographical references and index. Crises of faith -- Reaping the whirlwind -- Holy war -- Fighting for God and country -- Temptations of the camp -- The shepherds and their sheep -- Christian soldiers -- The God of battles -- Carnage -- War's purpose -- The Lord's work -- Testing faith -- Declension -- Wrath -- Jubilo -- Armies of the Lord -- War comes to the churches -- Citizens, saints, and soldiers -- Thanksgiving and desperation -- The final decrees of providence. Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Lincoln Prize-winning historian George C. Rable offers a groundbreaking account of how Americans of all political and religious persuasions used faith to interpret the course of the war. Examining a wide range of published and unpublished documents--including sermons, official statements from various churches, denominational papers and periodicals, and letters, diaries, and newspaper articles--Rable illuminates the broad role of religion during the Civil War, giving attention to often-neglected groups such as Mormons, Catholics, blacks, and people from the Trans-Mississippi region. The book underscores religion's presence in the everyday lives of Americans north and south struggling to understand the meaning of the conflict, from the tragedy of individual death to victory and defeat in battle and even the ultimate outcome of the war. Rable shows that themes of providence, sin, and judgment pervaded both public and private writings about the conflict. Perhaps most important, this volume--the only comprehensive religious history of the war--highlights the resilience of religious faith in the face of political and military storms the likes of which Americans had never before endured. - Publisher. Description based on print version record. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Religious aspects. United States Religion 19th century. Electronic books. HISTORY bisacsh Print version: Rable, George C. God's almost chosen peoples. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010 9780807834268 (DLC) 2010023646 (OCoLC)607975631 Littlefield history of the Civil War era. NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=353074 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50199 50199