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No Sorrow Like Our Sorrow - Northern Protestant Ministers and the Assassination of Lincoln (Hardcover)
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No Sorrow Like Our Sorrow - Northern Protestant Ministers and the Assassination of Lincoln (Hardcover)
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Sermons as historical documents reflect the thoughts, emotions,
values, prejudices, and beliefs of their time. "The more popular a
preacher, the more likely it is that she or he mirrors the hopes
and fears of a significant number of people," explains David B.
Chesebrough in "No Sorrow like Our Sorrow." His analysis of more
than 300 sermons delivered in a seven-week period following
Lincoln's assassination (April 16-June 1, 1865) examines the
influence of religious leaders on public opinion and policy during
that turbulent period. In the days and weeks following the
assassination, Americans flocked to churches in record numbers,
seeking comfort, guidance, perspective, or an adequate expression
of their own grief. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, had to be turned
away. In the sermons they heard or read Chesebrough finds five
major themes: the preachers expressed the grief they and their
congregations experienced; praised the accomplishments and
character of the slain president; blamed the South and the
institution of slavery for the murder; demanded harsh justice upon
the South, emphasizing rage, hatred, and revenge over forgiveness
or conciliation; and fostered the perception of the assassination
as providential. The prevalence of these themes illustrates the
vital role played by Northern Protestant ministers in immortalizing
Lincoln, formulating harsh Reconstruction policies toward the
South, and promoting the postwar conservatism whereby
institutionalism, nationalism, and conformity replaced civil
disobedience and nonconformity. Readers interested in America's
religious history and the influence of religion on American culture
and society, as well as students of the Civil War and
Reconstruction, will appreciate Chesebrough's thought-provoking
analysis.
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