It is difficult to see how we bind the nation's wounds without some kind of shared national mythos and telos, writes NCR ...

Essays presented at a symposium held at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Oct. 1994. Religion and the American Civil War / Phillip Shaw Paludan -- The Bible and slavery / Mark A. Noll ...

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Both the Union and the Confederacy believed God was on their side, using faith to justify their respective causes. Tyler Rice of Columbus, Ohio is a freelance historian specializing in religion and ...

Part I -- Undistinguished families -- Every soul is free -- Floating piece of driftwood -- The evangelical united front -- Vote as you pray -- Part II -- And the war came -- Losing Willie -- The will ...

For Americans, the first half of April should bring to mind a host of events. It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

You’re reading Awakenings, a newsletter on religion. Click here to get the full edition in your inbox. Samuel Goldman is an ...