Righteous strife : how warring religious nationalists forged Lincoln's union / Richard Carwardine.
| Author/creator | Carwardine, Richard author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xxiv, 596 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How warring religious nationalists forged Lincoln's union |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| General note | "This is a Borzoi book" --verso |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-560) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Carwardine, Richard Righteous strife. First edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025 9780593802625 |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2023054474 |
| ISBN | 9781400044573 hardcover |
| ISBN | 140004457X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E635 .C37 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |