The politics of faith during the Civil War:
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1. Verfasser: Wesley, Timothy L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2013
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Preachers, slavery, and antebellum politics -- The power and place of the wartime northern ministry -- Partisanship and potential damage: why Americans feared "disloyal" preachers -- The assault on disloyalty in the northern ministry -- What the preachers thought: political preachers in the north -- The confederate ministry -- Confederate and unionist religious life under the gun -- Black church leaders and politics in the Civil War
In The Politics of Faith, Timothy L. Wesley examines the engagement of both northern and southern preachers in politics during the American Civil War, revealing an era of denominational, governmental, and public scrutiny of religious leaders. Controversial ministers risked ostracism within the local community, censure from church leaders, and arrests by provost marshals or local police. In contested areas of the Upper Confederacy and Border Union, ministers occasionally faced deadly violence for what they said or would not say from their pulpits. Even silence on political issues did not guaran
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ISBN:0807150010
0807150029
0807150037
9780807150016
9780807150023
9780807150030

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