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- Title
"Without the shedding of blood there can be no remission:" The War Theology of Horace Bushnell and the Meaning of America, 1861 to 1866.
- Authors
KLINGENBERG, MITCHELL G.
- Abstract
The article discusses the theology of Connecticut Congregationalist clergyman and theologian Horace Bushnell concerning the U.S. Civil War, focusing on the years 1861 to 1866. It examines his view that the war was glorious and necessary to rid the nation of its sins of slavery and secessionist feeling. The author comments on Bushnell's views on republicanism, Christianity, and American exceptionalism. Other topics include his thoughts on atonement, national unification, and the Civil War as a sacrament.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN States; UNITED States; BUSHNELL, Horace, 1802-1876; RELIGION &; the American Civil War, 1861-1865; 19TH century theology; SLAVERY in the United States; SECESSION of the Southern United States; HISTORY of republicanism; CHRISTIANITY; RELIGION; WAR; AMERICAN exceptionalism; ATONEMENT (Christianity); HISTORY
- Publication
Connecticut History, 2012, Vol 51, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
0884-7177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/44370135