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Author:

Rable, George C.

Title:

God's almost chosen peoples : a religious history of the American Civil War / George C. Rable.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

586 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Religious aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.
United States--Religion--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Crises of faith -- Reaping the whirlwind -- Holy war -- Fighting for God and country -- Temptations of the camp -- The shepherds and their sheep -- Christian soldiers -- The God of battles -- Carnage -- War's purpose -- The Lord's work -- Testing faith -- Declension -- Wrath -- Jubilo -- Armies of the Lord -- War comes to the churches -- Citizens, saints, and soldiers -- Thanksgiving and desperation -- The final decrees of providence.

Series:

The Littlefield history of the Civil War era

ISBN:

0807834262 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807834268 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)607975631

LCCN:

2010023646

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)