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The Politics of Faith during the Civil War (Hardcover)
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The Politics of Faith during the Civil War (Hardcover)
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In The Politics of Faith, Timothy L. Wesley examines the engagement
of both northern and southern preachers in politics during the
American Civil War, revealing an era of denominational,
governmental, and public scrutiny of religious leaders.
Controversial ministers risked ostracism within the local
community, censure from church leaders, and arrests by provost
marshals or local police. In contested areas of the Upper
Confederacy and Border Union, ministers occasionally faced deadly
violence for what they said or would not say from their pulpits.
Even silence on political issues did not guarantee a preacher s
security, as both sides arrested clergymen who defied the dictates
of civil and military authorities by refusing to declare their
loyalty in sermons or to pray for the designated nation, army, or
president. The generation that fought the Civil War lived in
arguably the most sacralized culture in the history of the United
States. The participation of church members in the public arena
meant that ministers wielded great authority. Wesley outlines the
scope of that influence and considers, conversely, the feared
outcomes of its abuse. By treating ministers as both individual men
of conscience and leaders of religious communities, Wesley reveals
that the reticence of otherwise loyal ministers to bring politics
into the pulpit often grew not out of partisan concerns but out of
doctrinal, historical, and local factors. The Politics of Faith
sheds new light on the political motivations of homefront clergymen
during wartime, revealing how and why the Civil War stands as the
nation s first concerted campaign to check the ministry s freedom
of religious expression.
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