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Author:

Longenecker, Stephen L., 1951- author.

Title:

Gettysburg religion : refinement, diversity, and race in the antebellum and Civil War border north / Steve L. Longenecker.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American Civil War (1861-1865)
Gettysburg (Pa.)--Religion--19th century.
Gettysburg Region (Pa.)--Religion--19th century.
Gettysburg (Pa.)--Church history--19th century.
Gettysburg Region (Pa.)--Church history--19th century.
Religion and culture--Gettysburg--Gettysburg--History--19th century.
Religion and culture--Gettysburg Region--Gettysburg Region--History--19th century.
Pennsylvania--Religious aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Religion.
Religion and culture.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania--Gettysburg.
Pennsylvania--Gettysburg Region.
1800 - 1899
Church history.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Divertimento : Samuel Simon and Catherine Steenbergen Schmucker -- Chapter 1. Town and Region -- Divertimento: Salome "Sallie" Myers -- Chapter 2. Refinement : In Theory -- Chapter 3. Refinement : In Practice -- Divertimento: The Codoris -- Chapter 4. Diversity : Ethnicity and Doctrine -- Divertimento : Abraham and Elizabeth Brien -- Chapter 5. Diversity : Race -- Divertimento : Mary and Joseph Sherfy -- Chapter 6. War -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Thaddeus Stevens -- Appendix B. Coda.

Summary:

"In the borderland between freedom and slavery, Gettysburg remains among the most legendary Civil War landmarks. A century and a half after the great battle, Cemetery Hill, the Seminary and its ridge, and the Peach Orchard remain powerful memories for their embodiment of the small-town North and their ability to touch themes vital to nineteenth-century religion. During this period, three patterns became particularly prominent: refinement, diversity, and war. In Gettysburg Religion, author Steve Longenecker explores the religious history of antebellum and Civil War era Gettysburg, shedding light on the remarkable diversity of American religion and the intricate ways it interacted with the broader culture. Longenecker argues that Gettysburg religion revealed much about larger American society and about how trends in the Border North mirrored national developments. In many ways, Gettysburg and its surrounding Border North religion belonged to the future and signaled a coming pattern for modern America"-- Provided by publisher.
"Brings to life the religious history of a small and famous town and the surrounding area, the Border North. The theme is that Gettysburg religion reveals much about larger American society, often something unexpected and indicative of the Border North's advanced modernity"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

The North's Civil War

ISBN:

0823255190 (hardback)
9780823255191 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)844245346

LCCN:

2013017378

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)