American Apocalypse: Yankee Protestants and the Civil War 1860-1869
Author(s)
Moorhead, James H.
Moorhead, James H.
Especially in times of war Americans have claimed for their nation a unique world mission, often defining it in religious terms. James Moorhead analyzes a crucial episode of this patriotic piety through the behavior of four major Northern Protestant denominations in the 1860s. After examining the antebellum origins of the concept of America as a redeemer nation, he investigates the churches' use of familiar dogmas -- principally that of millennialism -- to interpret the experience of Civil War and Reconstruction.
| Name in long format: | American Apocalypse: Yankee Protestants and the Civil War 1860-1869 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300021526 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780300021523 |
| Book pages: | 278 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | First Edition |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 1.15963149812 Pounds, Width: 0.81 Inches |
