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Summary:

"The first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincoln's contentious appeals to faith-based nationalism. How did slavery figure in God's plan? Was it the providential role of government to abolish this sin and build a righteous nation? Or did such a mission amount to "religious tyranny" and "pulpit politics," in an effort to strip the Southern states of their God-given rights? In 1861, in an already fracturing nation, the tensions surrounding this moral quandary cracked the United States in half, and even formed rifts within the North itself, where antislavery religious nationalists butted heads with conservative religious nationalists over their vision for America's future. At the center of this melee stood Abraham Lincoln, who would turn to his own faith for guidance, proclaiming more days of national fasting and thanksgiving than any other president before or since. These pauses for spiritual reflection provided the inspirational rhetoric and ideological fuel that sustained the war. In Righteous Strife, Richard Carwardine gives renewed attention to this crucible of contending religious nationalisms, out of which was forged emancipation, Lincoln's re-election, and his Second Inaugural Address. No understanding of the American Civil War is complete without accounting for this complex dance between church and state-one that continues to define our nation"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Holding together : a righteous nation
• Pulling apart : a fracturing nation
• Fast day January 1861 : nationalist riptides
• Lincoln, nationality, and providence
• Lincoln's fast day and antislavery nationalism 1861
• Lincoln, religious nationalists, and emancipation 1862
• Conservative attack and Lincoln's rejoinder 1861-63
• Lincoln in the tempest of religious nationalisms 1863-64
• The election of 1864
• Emancipation and providence.

Author/Creator:

Carwardine, Richard , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Righteous strife: how warring religious nationalists forged Lincoln's union [by Carwardine, R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Righteous strife [by Carwardine, R.] (First edition; New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025 — ISBN 9781400044573; LCCN 2023054474)

Subjects:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 — Religion

Religion and politics — United States — History — 19th century

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Religious aspects

United States — Religion — 19th century

United States — Politics and government — 1861-1865

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 13, 2025).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

E635 .C37 2025eb

ISBNs:

9780593802625 (electronic book)
0593802624 (electronic book)
9781400044573 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2023054475

Other Control Numbers:

3879832 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306853006