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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - Religious Pulpits Shaping Lincoln's Union - RICHARD-CARWARDINE-RIGHTEOUS-STRIFE PART 1
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Religious Pulpits Shaping Lincoln's Union
Richard Carwardine, author of Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union, Part One: Carwardine examines how conflicting religious ideologies shaped political discourse during the American Civil War. The hour opens with President James Buchanan's January 1861 national fast day, an effort to unite a fracturing country that ultimately highlighted deep ideological divides among conservative, anti-slavery, and pro-slavery nationalists. Church pulpits served as vocal battlegrounds where ministers debated the moral purpose of the American republic. President Abraham Lincoln later utilized fast days to gauge public sentiment, navigate Northern political factions, and manage the rising pressure for emancipation following General John C. Frémont's controversial military order in Missouri. (1)
Religious Pulpits Shaping Lincoln's Union
Richard Carwardine, author of Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union, Part One: Carwardine examines how conflicting religious ideologies shaped political discourse during the American Civil War. The hour opens with President James Buchanan's January 1861 national fast day, an effort to unite a fracturing country that ultimately highlighted deep ideological divides among conservative, anti-slavery, and pro-slavery nationalists. Church pulpits served as vocal battlegrounds where ministers debated the moral purpose of the American republic. President Abraham Lincoln later utilized fast days to gauge public sentiment, navigate Northern political factions, and manage the rising pressure for emancipation following General John C. Frémont's controversial military order in Missouri. (1)