Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2013
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Heritage, Scholarly Bulletin of the Virginia Conference Historical Society of the United Methodist Church
Volume
XXXIX
Issue
1
First Page
8
Last Page
29
Date of Submission
May 2014
Abstract
This article explores how Methodist clergy in Virginia tended to the spiritual needs of their congregations in the context of war. It also discusses the way that clergy worked to make their ideas on the war and its progression known through newspapers, sermons, addresses, and government-recognized days of fasting and prayer. As the largest religious denomination in the South during the war the Methodist Church was in a position to not only offer support , but to shape the opinions of the Confederate people.
Rights
Copyright, Margaret T. Kidd
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