A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood - The Bible and the American Civil War - Bok av James P. (Associate Professor of American Religious History Byrd - In
In this book, James Byrd offers a thorough analysis of how Americans, North and South, enlisted scripture to fight the Civil War. As Byrd reveals in this insightful narrative, no book was more important to the conflict than the Bible. From Massachusetts to Mississippi and beyond, the Bible was the nation's most read and respected book, and each side enlisted it in arguments over slavery, secession, patriotism, authority, white supremacy, and violence. TheA Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood draws on..