Religion and the American Civil War

by Charles Reagan Wilson and Harry S. Stout

Book Overview

The sixteen essays in this volume, all previously unpublished, address the little considered question of the role played by religion in the American Civil War. The authors show that religion, understood in its broadest context as a culture and community of faith, was found wherever the war was found. Comprising essays by such scholars as Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Drew Gilpin Faust, Mark Noll, Reid Mitchell, Harry Stout, and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195121295
• ISBN13: 9780195121292
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"