![]() ![]() The number of published sermons is staggering, Rable said. Of particular interest to Rable were the many published sermons from preachers in a variety of denominations and religious newspapers, which published many articles about the war. Rable researched and wrote this volume over the course of nine years he relied extensively on primary sources, including journals, politicians letters and denominational records. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, stated that the book is brilliant and groundbreaking Rables engrossing study of the role of religion in the Civil War will stand as the definitive religious history of Americas most divisive conflict. Rables book is titled Gods Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War, published by the University of North Carolina Press. People asked themselves, why did all this carnage occur? What did it mean? Should the war continue? To what end? And they sought answers in religion. This is war beyond what anyone could imagine in the spring of 1861 when it began. It is a source of morale and a source of meaning. ![]() Religion was an important part of their motivation, its an important part of sustaining the war effort, and it helped people justify the horrendous sacrifices that the war required. Summersell Chair in Southern History at UA. Many Americans interpreted the causes and the course and the consequences of the war in religious terms, said Dr. ![]()
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