Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era

In the Civil War era, Americans nearly unanimously accepted that humans battled in a cosmic contest between good and evil and that God was directing history toward its end. The concept of God?s Providence and of millennialism?Christian anticipations of the end of the world?dominated religious thought in the nineteenth century. During the tumultuous years immediately prior to, during, and after the war, these ideas took on a greater importance as Americans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807151920
• ISBN13: 9780807151921
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"