The sixteen essays in this volume, all previously unpublished, address the little considered question of the role played by religion in the American Civil War.

Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narrative

Americans have long considered their country to be good—a nation "under God" with a profound role to play in the world. Yet nothing tests that proposition lik

Viewing the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, Mark A. Noll examines writings about slavery and race from Americans both white an

In recent years, the intersection of religion and the American Civil War has been the focus of a growing area of scholarship. However, primary sources on this s