In God's Presence
Subtitle: Chaplains, Missionaries, and Religious Space during the American Civil War
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: Feb 20, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780700627660
Description: "The American Civil War era cannot be fully explained without understanding religion's role in the conflict.* The goal of this book is to shed light on how chaplains and missionaries interacted with the flock of male soldiers within the bloody, fratricidal conflict known as the American Civil War. What was their role in wartime religious life? How did they respond to the challenges of war? What aspects of religiosity did they abandon and what did they embrace? How did soldiers respond to the work of these spiritual leaders? Through Civil War soldiers' diaries, letters, and memoirs, Ben Miller examines the work done by chaplains and missionaries, with a particular emphasis on their role in religious space--battlefields, camps, hospitals, and prisons. * "Religion" is understood in this context as Christianity, as over 95% of the US population identified as Christian at this tim"--
Notes: Source title: In God's Presence: Chaplains, Missionaries, and Religious Space during the American Civil War (Modern War Studies)