Rebuilding Zion : the religious reconstruction of the South, 1863-1877

Summary: 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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ISBN: 9780195101942
ISBN: 0195101944
ISBN: 6610528535
ISBN: 9786610528530
ISBN: 9781280528538
ISBN: 1280528532
ISBN: 9780585210179
ISBN: 0585210179
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-267) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Stonewall Jackson and the Providence of God 3 -- 1 God's Wrath: Disruption, Destruction, and Confusion in Southern Religious Life 15 -- 2 God's Chastisement: The Confederate Understanding of the Civil War 33 -- 3 God's Judgment: The Northern Understanding of the Civil War 49 -- 4 God's Deliverance: The Freedpeople's Understanding of the Civil War 65 -- 5 Crossing Jordan: The Black Quest for Religious Autonomy 80 -- 6 Southern Churches Resurgent: Denominational Structures and Religious Newspapers 100 -- 7 Educating Confederate Christians: Sunday Schools and Denominational Colleges 114 -- 8 "A Pure and Loyal Gospel": Northern Missionary Efforts in the South 130 -- 9 Voting the Bible: Religion and Politics in the Reconstruction South 146 -- 10 One Nation under God? Efforts toward Sectional Reunion 162 -- Conclusion: The Shape of Religious Reconstruction 179.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.