| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 336 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Library of religious biography
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Library of religious biography.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"All our doings being ordered by thy governance" -- "A goodly heritage" : Anglicanism in Lee's Virginia -- "A house divided" : faith in the Lee household -- "Who setteth the solitary in families" : Lee's extended clan -- "To illuminate all bishops" : William Meade and his influence -- "With the sign of the cross" : the young officer -- "To have and to hold" : struggling to unite two as one -- "Christ's faithful soldier and servant : Lee, family, and church -- "This our bounded duty and service" : from peace to war -- "That, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace" : father and superintendent -- "That he may continue thine forever" : Lee's confirmation -- "Of the traditions of the church" : Lee the Episcopalian -- "Whose never-failing providence ordereth all things" : Lee's central tenet -- "Under the protection of thy good providence" : the Lee family -- "Help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed" : Lee and slavery -- "Scatter thou the peoples that delight in war" : Lee's first great decision -- "Who teacheth my hands to war" : the years of struggle -- "In the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life" : Lee's second great decision -- "To put away the leaven of malice" : pursing reconciliation -- "The mouth of the deceitful is open upon me" : the uneasy peace -- "Do now rest from their labors" : the early end -- Non incautus futuri : a personal epilogue. |
| Summary |
Robert E. Lee was many things--accomplished soldier, military engineer, college president, family man, agent of reconciliation, polarizing figure. He was also a person of deep Christian conviction. In this biography of the famous Civil War general, R. David Cox shows how Lee's Christian faith shaped his crucial role in some of the most pivotal events in American history. -- Back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Religion.
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. |
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Religion. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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Generals. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cox, R. David. Religious life of Robert E. Lee. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2017 9780802874825 (DLC) 2016050798 (OCoLC)959649124 |
| ISBN |
9781467446884 (electronic book) |
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1467446882 (electronic book) |
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9780802874825 |
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0802874827 |
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