Baptized in blood : the religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920 /

Wilson, Charles Reagan,

Baptized in blood : the religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920 / [print] Charles Reagan Wilson. - 2009 edition.ition. - Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, (c)2009. - xx, 256 pages ; 23 cm.

Originally published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1980. With a new preface.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface to the 2009 edition: The Lost Cause and the civil religion in recent historiography -- Introduction: Origin and overview -- Sacred southern ceremonies : ritual of the Lost Cause -- Crusading Christian confederates : religious myth of the Lost Cause -- Abiding children of pride : theology of the Lost Cause -- A Southern Jeremiad : Lost Cause critique of the New South -- Morality and mysticism : race and the lost cause -- J. William Jones : evangelist of the Lost Cause -- Schooled in tradition : a Lost Cause education -- A harvest of heroes : reconciliation and vindication.



9780820334257

2009033718


Christianity--Southern States.

BR535.W747.B378 2009 BR535