| Description |
1 online resource (x, 215 pages) illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : Christianity, Warfare, and National Identity, 1860-1920 -- "The God of Justice Is the God of Battles" : Northern White Protestants and the Civil War -- "Heavy Is the Guilt That Hangs upon the Neck of This Nation" : The African-Methodist Episcopal Church and the Civil War -- "A War of Mercy" : White Mainline Protestants and the Spanish-American War -- "I Look upon This War as an Impudent Crime" : Roman Catholicism, Americanization, and the Spanish-American War -- "A Louder Call for War" : The Protestant Mainline and the Twentieth-Century Crusade -- " There Will Be a Day of Reckoning for Our Country" : Missouri Synod Lutherans Face World War I -- Conclusion : The Mere Echo of the Warring Masses |
| Summary |
"American Crusade analyzes the attitudes of Christian communities in the United States toward the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
religion and warfare, religion and nationalism, wars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the civil war, Spanish american war, world war I, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 17, 2022) |
| Subject |
War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
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Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
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National characteristics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
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National characteristics, American -- History
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History
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HISTORY / United States / General
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Civil war -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Christianity and politics
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National characteristics, American
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War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020006174
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021060341 |
| ISBN |
9781501763960 |
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1501763962 |
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9781501763953 |
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1501763954 |
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