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As everyone soon learned in this war, anything could happen in battle. Strategies went awry when shots rang out. Some Americans found comfort in providentialism, believing God controlled all events, and their lives were in God’s hands. Yet people wondered why God would allow such a bloody war to continue. The Civil War challenged Americans’ belief in providence. Maybe that was why Americans spoke so much about providence in the war—to reassure themselves that there was some order in the disorder. These concerns drove Americans to the Bible, because the Bible was the best guide to God’s providence. The late summer months of 1862 would see a turning point in the war, and the events during this time compelled some of the war’s deepest and most self-serving views of providence in scripture.

Author

James P. Byrd

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN