Religion and the Radical Republican Movement, 1860-1870Religion and the Radical Republican Movement, 1860-1870 is a study of the interplay of religion and politics during the Civil War era. More specifically, it examines the extent to which religion set the moral tone of the North during the period of 1860 through 1870. Howard focuses on the growing influence of the evangelical and liberal churches during the period. This influence was largely exerted through the agency of the radical Republicans, a faction that took an extreme position on war measures and on reconstruction after the war. This book examines the degree to which radicalism was inspired by moral motivation and the action that followed the moral commitment. |
Contents
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3 The Election of 1862 | 39 |
4 Rise Up a Man of God | 52 |
5 The Election of 1864 | 68 |
6 The Churches and Presidential Reconstruction | 90 |
7 The Christian Opposition to Johnson | 106 |
10 Black Suffrage as a Moral Duty | 165 |
11 The Black Suffrage Referenda of 1867 | 182 |
12 The Fifteenth Amendment | 199 |
Epilogue | 212 |
Abbreviations | 216 |
Notes | 219 |
Bibliography | 273 |
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