Religion and the American Civil War

"...the essays offer many provocative new insights....the excellent essays in Religion and the American Civil War succeed brilliantly in the editors' goal of stimulating and deepening the study of religion during a critical era of American history."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "...[an] excellent collection."--News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina "...this volume...is one that should be given great consideration by anyone wishing to enrich his or her Civil War library. The essays contained within are well written, very well researched and documented, and contribute greatly to an underrated and misunderstood aspect of the Civil War."--The Civil War Library and Museum "...religion and the American Civil War are two topics that relate to one another in fascinating and revelatory ways....Religion and the American Civil War stands as a welcomed addition to the study of American religious history and to the study of the Civil War."--Koinonia "The essays...give voice to people who were not in charge but whose lives were nonetheless greatly impacted by the war. The resulting story is complex and multilayered and should stimulate the interest of a wide range of readers....All readership levels will benefit from this book."--Choice "[B]right galaxy of essayists...Building on the best of existing work and breaking into new terrain"-- Books & Culture "[I]t will doubtless be of great value to students of the Civil War and/or American religion."--America Today Studies "With fine contributions by several superstars of religious and Civil War-era history...this collection sheds a new - and to most Civil War experts an unfamiliar - light on the conflict."--Times Literary Supplement "...the essays offer many provocative new insights....the excellent essays in Religion and the American Civil War succeed brilliantly in the editors' goal of stimulating and deepening the study of religion during a critical era of American history."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "...[an] excellent collection."--News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina "This book goes a long way in rectifying the long-neglected aspect of the importance of religion in America's Civil War. The essays are by excellent scholars who write well. Each essay is well documented for those wishing to delve further into a particular field of study...a treasure for those interested in the Civil War, American religion, and the relation of one to the other."--The Journal of American History "...a valuable contribution to Civil War and American religious history."--The North Carolina Historical Review "...this volume...is one that should be given great consideration by anyone wishing to enrich his or her Civil War library. The essays contained within are well written, very well researched and documented, and contribute greatly to an underrated and misunderstood aspect of the Civil War."--The Civil War Library and Museum "...religion and the American Civil War are two topics that relate to one another in fascinating and revelatory ways....Religion and the American Civil War stands as a welcomed addition to the study of American religious history and to the study of the Civil War."--Koinonia "The essays...give voice to people who were not in charge but whose lives were nonetheless greatly impacted by the war. The resulting story is complex and multilayered and should stimulate the interest of a wide range of readers....All readership levels will benefit from this book."--Choice "In illuminating the complex relationship of religion and the Civil War, the editors bring together a stellar group of scholars....This new book opens new scholarly perspectives on the Civil War and shows how religious issues occupied center stage of the conflict that rested on fundamental issues of American self-definition and the emergence of a modern nation."--The Southern Register "By illuminating these promising paths of inquiry, the editors and authors of this volume deserve our thanks for bringing religion back to the central place it had in the era of the American Civil War."--American Historical Review "...a series of essays that not only deepens our understanding of the war's religious dimensions but further enables a rather significant reimagining of the political, social, and cultural history of the American Civil War."--Civil War History "Building on the best of existing work and breaking into new terrain, [Miller, Stout, and Wilson] collectively make a powerful case that religion...was integral to the sectional alienation that preceded the war, to the course and intensity of the conflict, and to the shaping of the post-Civil war order."--Books and Culture "The work in these books has played a large part in stimulating the recent surge of scholarship on the subject."--Christian Century