num_pages: 576
description: The religious historian author of Religion and American Life analyzes how both northern and southern forces claimed to have God's support during the American Civil War, in a chronological account that explores how the war's moral conduct shifted from constitutional conflicts to a violent and unconditional quest for victory. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War
titlecomplete: Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War
genres: United States, Theology, Nonfiction, Civil War History, History, War, American Civil War, Civil War, American History, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 244
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: James P. Hanlan Book Award
publisher: Viking Adult