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Rebuilding Zion : the religious reconstruction of the South, 1863-1877 /
Both the North and the South viewed the Civil War in Christian terms. Each side believed that its fight was just, that God favored its cause. Rebuilding Zion is the first study to explore simultaneously the reaction of southern white evangelicals, northern white evangelicals, and Christian freedpeop...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Both the North and the South viewed the Civil War in Christian terms. Each side believed that its fight was just, that God favored its cause. Rebuilding Zion is the first study to explore simultaneously the reaction of southern white evangelicals, northern white evangelicals, and Christian freedpeople to Confederate defeat. As white southerners struggled to assure themselves that the collapse of the Confederacy was not an indication of God's stern judgment, white northerners and freedpeople were certain that it was. Author Daniel W. Stowell tells the story of the religious reconstruction of th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585210179 9780585210179 1280528532 9781280528538 9786610528530 6610528535 |