Righteous Armies, Holy Causes
Subtitle: Apocalyptic Imagery and the Civil War
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780865547384
Subjects: U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); Religion; Christianity; History - U.S.; United States - Civil War; Philosophy; United States; Religious aspects; Civil War, 1861-1865; Christianity - General; History
Description: "A recurring theme for American myth-makers, particularly in times of crisis or national self-doubt, has been the Apocalypse. Nowhere is this pattern more evident than in cultural responses to the Civil War.".

"The war, according to many Christians, must have been sent from God; either God was punishing the nation for allowing slavery to exist or he was reproving worldly humanists for destroying a divine institution. But slavery was not the only issue. Individuals who attempted to explain the war's horrors looked inside themselves and saw moral blights that needed removal. Or they looked at their opponents and saw political corruption.".

"Terrie Aamodt's writing is followed by an appendix with numerous primary documents, including selections by E.P. Worth, Herman Melville, James R. Randall, Julia Ward Howe, and Harry Flash. Aamodt clearly demonstrates the significance of religious belief in the minds and hearts of those who lived during the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.