Both Prayed to the Same God: Religion and Faith in the American Civil WarBoth Prayed to the Same God is the first book-length, comprehensive study of religion in the Civil War. While much research has focused on religion in a specific context of the civil war, this book provides a needed overview of this vital yet largely forgotten subject of American History. Writing passionately about the subject, Father Robert Miller presents this history in an accessible but scholarly fashion. Beginning with the religious undertones in the lead up to the war and concluding with consequences on religion in the aftermath, Father Miller not only shows us a forgotten aspect of history, but how our current historical situation is not unprecedented. |
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Page x
... Readers will find here the stories of be- lievers — and even skeptics — in North and South , of Protestants and Catholics and Jews , of clergy and laypersons , of soldiers and civilians , chaplains and generals , men and women , slaves ...
... Readers will find here the stories of be- lievers — and even skeptics — in North and South , of Protestants and Catholics and Jews , of clergy and laypersons , of soldiers and civilians , chaplains and generals , men and women , slaves ...
Page xi
... reading . There were books on every wartime topic and battle imaginable , but something was missing from this glut of Civil War materials . It was the spiritual element was strangely absent — in this most deadly of all American wars ...
... reading . There were books on every wartime topic and battle imaginable , but something was missing from this glut of Civil War materials . It was the spiritual element was strangely absent — in this most deadly of all American wars ...
Page xii
... readers , and Civil War aficionados . It has been my privilege to draw upon the scattered works of numerous his- torians and religious scholars over the past decades , many of whom are men- tioned in the " further reading ...
... readers , and Civil War aficionados . It has been my privilege to draw upon the scattered works of numerous his- torians and religious scholars over the past decades , many of whom are men- tioned in the " further reading ...
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... reader will find the author an unabashed apologist for the issue of Civil War religion . The story of the impact of religion and faith during the War sim- ply demands to be brought out of the shadows and into the light . With churches ...
... reader will find the author an unabashed apologist for the issue of Civil War religion . The story of the impact of religion and faith during the War sim- ply demands to be brought out of the shadows and into the light . With churches ...
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... reader to immediately grasp the " idee fixe , " or basic underlying themes , running through- out the entire book . These are the central premises which form the underpinning of this book — giving shape , scope , and depth to the ...
... reader to immediately grasp the " idee fixe , " or basic underlying themes , running through- out the entire book . These are the central premises which form the underpinning of this book — giving shape , scope , and depth to the ...
Contents
The Ignored Civil War | 3 |
Religion and Faith | 11 |
The Great Paradox | 19 |
The Foremost Political Institution in the Country | 31 |
Catalyst for Conflict Comfort in War | 41 |
Third Cousins Alienated | 51 |
Paving the Way for Secession | 61 |
The Invisible Institution | 73 |
Through a Moral LensDarkly | 131 |
Lost Cause Religion | 143 |
Putting a Misconception to Death? | 155 |
The Greatest Wartime Theologian | 165 |
Religious Consequences of the Civil War | 177 |
Authors Note | 189 |
Religious Affiliations | 190 |
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Page ix - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.