Both Prayed to the Same God: Religion and Faith in the American Civil WarLexington Books, 2007 - 243 pages Both 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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Religion and Faith in the American Civil War Robert J. Miller. As with many " projects " in life , this book could not have been written without the support and assistance of others . There are many people to whom I want to express my ...
Religion and Faith in the American Civil War Robert J. Miller. As with many " projects " in life , this book could not have been written without the support and assistance of others . There are many people to whom I want to express my ...
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... Civil War not as punishment for the sin of slavery but as a triumphant moment of religious as well as secular liberation . Of the thousands of books written about the American Civil War , few have focused on its crucial religious ...
... Civil War not as punishment for the sin of slavery but as a triumphant moment of religious as well as secular liberation . Of the thousands of books written about the American Civil War , few have focused on its crucial religious ...
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... American Civil War began . Always a history buff ( a welcome hobby in my fulltime task as a Catholic priest ) , in the spring of 1983 I was preaching in Vicksburg , MS , and had a rare chance to take a personal guided tour of the ...
... American Civil War began . Always a history buff ( a welcome hobby in my fulltime task as a Catholic priest ) , in the spring of 1983 I was preaching in Vicksburg , MS , and had a rare chance to take a personal guided tour of the ...
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Religion and Faith in the American Civil War Robert J. Miller. detail new insights on some Southern general's approach at a specific 1863 bat- tle , or argue yet again why the North won ( or the South lost ) . True devotees of the American ...
Religion and Faith in the American Civil War Robert J. Miller. detail new insights on some Southern general's approach at a specific 1863 bat- tle , or argue yet again why the North won ( or the South lost ) . True devotees of the American ...
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... American Civil War has been known by some thirty different names ? These are some : War between the States , Mr. Lincoln's War , the Second American Revolution , the Great Rebellion , the War for the Union , the Brothers ' War , the War ...
... American Civil War has been known by some thirty different names ? These are some : War between the States , Mr. Lincoln's War , the Second American Revolution , the Great Rebellion , the War for the Union , the Brothers ' War , the War ...
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.