Diverging loyalties : Baptists in middle Georgia during the Civil War / Bruce T. Gourley.

Author/creator Gourley, Bruce T.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoMacon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©2011.
Description274 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Baptists--Georgia. --History. --19th century.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Religious aspects.
United States--Church history. --19th century.

Contents "A frowning providence" -- Church and state revisited -- A fleeting hope : Southern Baptist army missions -- Baptist soldiers : from church to battlefield -- Personal morality and spirituality : patterns in race and gender -- Local church responses.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011024536
ISBN9780881462586
ISBN0881462586 (hardcover : alk. paper)