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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464960203321

Autore

Longenecker Stephen L. <1951->

Titolo

Gettysburg religion : refinement, diversity, and race in the Antebellum and Civil War border north / / Steve L. Longenecker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-8232-6109-3

0-8232-5521-2

0-8232-6104-2

0-8232-5522-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

The North's Civil War

Disciplina

277.48/42081

Soggetti

Religion and culture - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg - History - 19th century

Religion and culture - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg Region - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Gettysburg (Pa.) Religion 19th century

Gettysburg Region (Pa.) Religion 19th century

Gettysburg (Pa.) Church history 19th century

Gettysburg Region (Pa.) Church history 19th century

Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Divertimento: Samuel Simon and Catherine Steenbergen Schmucker -- Chapter 1. Town and Region -- Divertimento: Salome "Sallie" Myers -- Chapter 2. Refinement: In Theory -- Chapter 3. Refinement: In Practice -- Divertimento: The Codoris -- Chapter 4. Diversity: Ethnicity and Doctrine -- Divertimento: Abraham and Elizabeth Brien -- Chapter 5. Diversity: Race -- Divertimento: Mary and Joseph Sherfy -- Chapter 6. War -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Thaddeus Stevens -- Appendix B. Coda -- Bibliography -- Notes.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the borderland between freedom and slavery, Gettysburg remains among the most legendary Civil War landmarks. A century and a half



after the great battle, Cemetery Hill, the Seminary and its ridge, and the Peach Orchard remain powerful memories for their embodiment of the small-town North and their ability to touch themes vital to nineteenth-century religion. During this period, three patterns became particularly prominent: refinement, diversity, and war. In Gettysburg Religion, author Steve Longenecker explores the religious history of antebellum and Civil War era Gettysburg, shedding light on the remarkable diversity of American religion and the intricate ways it interacted with the broader culture. Longenecker argues that Gettysburg religion revealed much about larger American society and about how trends in the Border North mirrored national developments. In many ways, Gettysburg and its surrounding Border North religion belonged to the future and signaled a coming pattern for modern America"--