Image Changers: Catholic Chaplains and Nurses Encounter Non-Catholic America in the Civil War
The American Civil War presented an extraordinary opportunity for the Catholic Church to dispel religious prejudice, enhance its image, and evangelize. Scores of Catholic priests and hundreds of vowed religious women took up this challenge as chaplains and nurses during the war, diminishing anti-Cat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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US catholic historian
Year: 2021, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 77-100 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Nursing
B Ecumenism B Anti-Catholicism B Healthcare B Chaplains B women religious B U.S. Civil War |
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| Summary: | The American Civil War presented an extraordinary opportunity for the Catholic Church to dispel religious prejudice, enhance its image, and evangelize. Scores of Catholic priests and hundreds of vowed religious women took up this challenge as chaplains and nurses during the war, diminishing anti-Catholicism and winning converts. Historians in recent years have examined various aspects of this ministry, highlighting the individual and collective contributions of Catholic chaplains and nurses. This article extends this research by analyzing the impact of Catholic war ministry on non-Catholics in the United States. |
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| ISSN: | 1947-8224 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: US catholic historian
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cht.2021.0023 |