Millenarian dreams and racial nightmares: the American Civil War as an apocalyptic conflict
Prologue: The Civil War as an Eschatological Crisis -- Introduction: Harriet Tubman's (Pre)Millennium, 1850-1859, and the Fugitive Slave Act -- 1. John Brown's Apocalypse, 1859-1860 -- 2. Harriet Tubman;s Millennium, 1860 -- 3. Robert L. Dabney's Apocalypse, 1862 -- 4. Sojourner Truth...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Matsui, John H., 1981-, Millenarian dreams and racial nightmares] (2022) (Scott, Sean A.)
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| Series/Journal: | Conflicting worlds
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Protestantism
/ Racism
/ Ideology
/ Eschatology
/ Civil War (1861-1865)
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
United States
History Civil War, 1861-1865
Religious aspects
Protestant churches
B United States B United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans B African Americans B Religious aspects / Protestant churches B History |
| Summary: | Prologue: The Civil War as an Eschatological Crisis -- Introduction: Harriet Tubman's (Pre)Millennium, 1850-1859, and the Fugitive Slave Act -- 1. John Brown's Apocalypse, 1859-1860 -- 2. Harriet Tubman;s Millennium, 1860 -- 3. Robert L. Dabney's Apocalypse, 1862 -- 4. Sojourner Truth's Millennium, 1863 -- 5. George B. McClellan's Apocalypse, 1864 -- 6. Oliver O. Howard's Millennium, 1865 -- Epilogue: Edmund Ruffin's Apocalypse, June 1865. In Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares, John H. Matsui argues that the political ideology and racial views of American Protestants during the Civil War mirrored their religious optimism or pessimism regarding human nature, perfectibility, and the millennium. While previous historians have commented on the role of antebellum eschatology in political alignment, none have delved deeply into how religious views complicate the standard narrative of the North versus the South--back cover |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-286) and index |
| ISBN: | 0807174823 |