Both Prayed to the Same God

Father Robert Miller is Pastor of St. Dorothy Church in Chicago. He is the author of five other books, the most recent of which is Surprised by Love.

Of the thousands of books written about the American Civil War, few have focused on its crucial religious dimensions. Robert Miller has done much to remedy that deficiency in this important volume. Readers will find here the stories of believers—and even skeptics—in North and South, of Protestants and Catholics and Jews, of clergy and laypersons, of soldiers and civilians, chaplains and generals, men and women, slaves and free people, woven together in a tapestry that offers a vivid picture of the importance of religion in the Civil War.

• Part 1 Preface by James M. McPhersonPart 2 IntroductionPart 3 Section One: Elephant in the ClosetChapter 4 The Ignored Civil WarChapter 5 Religion and FaithChapter 6 The Great ParadoxPart 7 Section Two: A Devout Country Heads Towards WarChapter 8 The Foremost Political Institution in the CountryChapter 9 Catalyst for Conflict . . . Comfort in WarChapter 10 Third Cousins AlienatedChapter 11 Paving the Way for SecessionChapter 12 The Invisible InstitutionPart 13 Section Three: Role of Religion during the Civil WarChapter 14 Religious Support SystemsChapter 15 Soldiers of the Lord—Civil War ChaplainsChapter 16 Soldiers of the Cross—Catholic ChaplainsChapter 17 The Spirit of RevivalChapter 18 Through a Moral Lens—DarklyPart 19 Section Four: Churches and Religion after the Civil WarChapter 20 "Lost Cause" ReligionChapter 21 Putting a Misconception to Death?Chapter 22 The Greatest WartimeTheologianChapter 23 Religious Consequences of the Civil WarPart 24 Appendix: Religious Affiliations of Civil War Personages