MARK A. NOLL is the McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College. He is author, editor, or coeditor of 35 books, including the award-winning America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln.
Intriguing. . . . Both those who pray for an Evangelical majority
in America and those who fear the rise of the religious right will
find something of importance in this book."--Common Review
[Noll] grapples convincingly with one of the oldest arguments among
theologians: their interpretation of what the Bible has to say
about slavery."--Black Issues Book Review
A distinctive piece of Civil War scholarship. . . . This slim set
of lectures greatly enhances the study of religion's role in the
American Civil War and the study of Christian intellectual life
during a crucial period of U.S. history. Scholars in both fields
will profit especially from its pioneering research into Christian
Europe's varied reactions to the American Iliad and its causes.
Advanced students and discerning general readers will appreciate
the book's lively prose and its suggestive conclusions."--Civil War
Book Review
An informative account of the theological dramas that underpinned
and were unleashed by the Civil War. . . . This book's substantive
analysis belies its brevity. . . . This slim work of history is
surprisingly timely."--Publishers Weekly
Bound to spark major revisionist studies and challenge young
scholars to explore its provocative and convincing theses. . . .
[A] masterful analysis of Civil War-era religion."--American
Historical Review
By one of the premier historians of American religion. . . . It
quotes and cites . . . voices on all sides of the
issues."--Touchstone
Raises momentous questions for the history of American Christianity
while offering . . . intriguing insights into an understudied
aspect of our nation's greatest civil ordeal."--Books & Culture
Readers will appreciate Noll's extensive command of the literature
relating to his subject. . . . Noll's book adds yet another
important commentary to the war that still intrigues
Americans."--North Carolina Historical Review
The best account and interpretation of how Christian ideas shaped,
and were shaped by, the Civil War."--Christianity Today
The book's particular force derives from its broad perspective. . .
. More pathbreaking still is his delving into foreign
critiques."--Civil War History
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