No Sorrow Like Our Sorrow: Northern Protestant Ministers and the Assassination of Lincoln - Hardcover

Chesebrough, David B

 
9780873384919: No Sorrow Like Our Sorrow: Northern Protestant Ministers and the Assassination of Lincoln
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0873384911 ISBN 13: 9780873384919
Publisher: Kent State University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Based on the belief that sermons can reflect the values and feelings of their times, this analysis of more than 300 sermons delivered in a seven-week period following Lincoln's assassination on 16th April 1865 shows how people sought comfort and guidance, and a perspective concerning the death.

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About the Author

David B. Chesebrough is assistant chair of the department of history at Illinois State University in Normal.

From the Back Cover

Sermons as historical documents reflect the thoughts, emotions, values, prejudices, and beliefs of their time. "The more popular a preacher, the more likely it is that she or he mirrors the hopes and fears of a significant number of people", explains David B. Chesebrough in "No Sorrow Like Our Sorrow". His analysis of more than 300 sermons delivered in a seven-week period following Lincoln's assassination (April 16-June 1, 1865) examines the influence of religious leaders on public opinion and policy during that turbulent period. In the days and weeks following the assassination, Americans flocked to churches in record numbers, seeking comfort, guidance, perspective, or an adequate expression of their own grief. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, had to be turned away. In the sermons they heard or read Chesebrough finds five major themes: the preachers expressed the grief they and their congregations experienced; praised the accomplishments and character of the slain president; blamed the South and the institution of slavery for the murder; demanded harsh justice upon the South, emphasizing rage, hatred, and revenge over forgiveness or conciliation; and fostered the perception of the assassination as providential. Readers interested in America's religious history and the influence of religion on American culture and society, as well as students of the Civil War and Reconstruction, will appreciate Chesebrough's thought-provoking analysis.

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Publisher
Kent State University Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0873384911
ISBN 13 
9780873384919
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
224