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A holy baptism of fire and blood : the Bible and the American Civil War /

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In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln said both North and South "read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." Lincoln quoted several biblical texts in this address, which, according to Frederick Douglass,"sounded more like a ser...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrd, James P., 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Bible > Study and teaching > United States > History > 19th century.
Bible and politics > United States > History > 19th century.
War > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 19th century.
Religion and politics > United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Religious aspects > Christianity.
United States > Religion > 19th century.
United States > Religious life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • "His terrible swift sword"
  • "The stone which the builders rejected"
  • "The Red Sea of war"
  • "This second war I consider equally as holy as the first"
  • "A covenant of death"
  • "Trust in Providence and keep your powder dry"
  • "A holy baptism of fire and blood"
  • "Welcome to the ransomed"
  • "Without shedding of blood is no remission"
  • "The sword of the lord"
  • "We cannot escape history"
  • "Of one blood all nations"
  • "These dead have not died in vain"
  • "Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood"
  • "Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh"
  • "Baptized in the blood of their president"
  • Epilogue. "Pyrotechnics of providence."