| Description |
1 online resource (x, 215 pages) illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Introduction : Christianity, Warfare, and National Identity, 1860-1920 -- "The God of Justice Is the God of Battles" : Northern White Protestants and the Civil War -- "Heavy Is the Guilt That Hangs upon the Neck of This Nation" : The African-Methodist Episcopal Church and the Civil War -- "A War of Mercy" : White Mainline Protestants and the Spanish-American War -- "I Look upon This War as an Impudent Crime" : Roman Catholicism, Americanization, and the Spanish-American War -- "A Louder Call for War" : The Protestant Mainline and the Twentieth-Century Crusade -- " There Will Be a Day of Reckoning for Our Country" : Missouri Synod Lutherans Face World War I -- Conclusion : The Mere Echo of the Warring Masses |
| Summary |
"American Crusade analyzes the attitudes of Christian communities in the United States toward the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
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Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
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National characteristics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
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National characteristics, American -- History.
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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HISTORY / United States / General |
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Civil war -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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Christianity and politics |
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National characteristics, American |
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War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9RxkMwD8h64CPrTGb |
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Spanish-American War (1898) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9HVyXRc7FKKjgBpQy |
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World War (1914-1918) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9cvdKydGHm4yKx7Gb |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1918 |
| Indexed Term |
religion and warfare, religion and nationalism, wars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the civil war, Spanish american war, world war I,. |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version Wetzel, Benjamin James American crusade Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501763946 (DLC) 2021060340 (OCoLC)1262639786 |
| ISBN |
9781501763960 electronic book |
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1501763962 electronic book |
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9781501763953 electronic book |
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1501763954 electronic book |
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9781501763946 hardcover |
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