![]() ![]() " grapples convincingly with one of the oldest arguments among theologians: their interpretation of what the Bible has to say about slavery. Advanced students and discerning general readers will appreciate the book's lively prose and its suggestive conclusions."- Civil War Book Review ![]() Scholars in both fields will profit especially from its pioneering research into Christian Europe's varied reactions to the American Iliad and its causes. This slim set of lectures greatly enhances the study of religion's role in the American Civil War and the study of Christian intellectual life during a crucial period of U.S. "A distinctive piece of Civil War scholarship. masterful analysis of Civil War-era religion."- American Historical Review "Bound to spark major revisionist studies and challenge young scholars to explore its provocative and convincing theses. ![]() intriguing insights into an understudied aspect of our nation's greatest civil ordeal."- Books & Culture "Raises momentous questions for the history of American Christianity while offering. "The best account and interpretation of how Christian ideas shaped, and were shaped by, the Civil War."- Christianity Today His other books include A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada, Americas God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, and Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity. This slim work of history is surprisingly timely."- Publishers Weekly McAnaney Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. This book's substantive analysis belies its brevity. "An informative account of the theological dramas that underpinned and were unleashed by the Civil War. ![]()
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