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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... slavery . To accomplish that purpose , he sent this " mighty scourge of war " to a guilty nation — North as well as ... slaves certainly believed that God was on ix Preface Preface.
... slavery . To accomplish that purpose , he sent this " mighty scourge of war " to a guilty nation — North as well as ... slaves certainly believed that God was on ix Preface Preface.
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... slaves certainly believed that God was on the side of freedom in this war . In their view , God had raised up Father ... slavery but as a triumphant moment of religious as well as secular liberation . Of the thousands of books written ...
... slaves certainly believed that God was on the side of freedom in this war . In their view , God had raised up Father ... slavery but as a triumphant moment of religious as well as secular liberation . Of the thousands of books written ...
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... slavery , encouraged them forward into horrific battles , and sustained them in the " terrors of the night . " For it is the human soul — touched by the indefinable " spark " of Divinity , containing the " fingerprint of the Sacred ...
... slavery , encouraged them forward into horrific battles , and sustained them in the " terrors of the night . " For it is the human soul — touched by the indefinable " spark " of Divinity , containing the " fingerprint of the Sacred ...
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... slavery and Northern abolitionism , inflame the country's increasingly inflammatory rhetoric , and encourage ... slaves clung to their " invisible institution . " ( 5 ) After the War , religion and faith continued to play a significant ...
... slavery and Northern abolitionism , inflame the country's increasingly inflammatory rhetoric , and encourage ... slaves clung to their " invisible institution . " ( 5 ) After the War , religion and faith continued to play a significant ...
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... not on the larger religious aspects of the Civil War . 2. Eugene Genovese , Roll , Jordan , Roll — The World the Slaves Made ( New York : Vintage Books , 1976 ) , 161 . ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM The sort of sustained , xvi Introduction.
... not on the larger religious aspects of the Civil War . 2. Eugene Genovese , Roll , Jordan , Roll — The World the Slaves Made ( New York : Vintage Books , 1976 ) , 161 . ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM The sort of sustained , xvi Introduction.
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.