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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817397803321

Autore

Wetzel Benjamin James

Titolo

American crusade : Christianity, warfare, and national identity, 1860-1920 / / Benjamin J. Wetzel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-5017-6394-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) ;

Disciplina

261.873

Soggetti

War - Religious aspects - Christianity - History

Spanish-American War, 1898 - Religious aspects - Christianity

World War, 1914-1918 - Religious aspects - Christianity

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Religious aspects Christianity

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"American Crusade analyzes the attitudes of Christian communities in the United States toward the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I"--