"There is no greater interpreter of how religious thought and imagery shaped Abraham Lincoln’s statecraft than Richard Carwardine, who has now turned his attention to broader questions of how a clash of theological worldviews gave us what Lincoln called ‘a new birth of freedom.’ With grace and insight, Carwardine sheds new and important light on issues of perennial significance in America’s past—and present.” —Jon Meacham, author of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
“An extraordinary and indispensable book—with radiant prose, Carwardine evokes Americans’ profound yearning to divine the workings of Providence and to define the Civil War as a holy conflict.” —Elizabeth R. Varon, author of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"An extraordinary range of research supports Richard Carwardine’s riveting account of the competing Christian nationalisms that confronted Abraham Lincoln during the crisis of the Civil War. Righteous Strife excels in explaining Lincoln’s own complicated religious views and how those views shaped his cautious course toward supporting abolition and full rights for African Americans, while he was contending with at least three rival groups of Unionists who knew for certain what God had in mind for the United States." —Mark A. Noll, author of America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911
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BN ID: | 2940192502174 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 01/21/2025 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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