Baptized in blood : the religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920 : with a new preface

Southerners may have abandoned their dream of a political nation after Appomattox, but they preserved their cultural identity by blending Christian rhetoric and symbols with the rhetoric and imagery of Confederate tradition. Out of defeat emerged a civil religion that embodied the Lost Cause. As Charles Reagan Wilson writes in his new preface, "The Lost Cause version of the regional civil religion was a powerful expression, and recent scholarship affirms its continuing power in the minds of many white southerners." 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. Charles Reagan Wilson. Originally Published: Athens : University Of Georgia Press, C1980. With A New Pref. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [227]-249) And Index. "Southerners may have abandoned their dream of a political nation after Appomattox, but they preserved their cultural identity by blending Christian rhetoric and symbols with the rhetoric and imagery of Confederate tradition. Out of defeat emerged a civil religion that embodied the Lost Cause."-- Provided by publisher Southerners may have abandoned their dream of a political nation after Appomattox, but they preserved their cultural identity. Out of defeat emerged a civil religion that embodied the Lost Cause. This book states that the Lost Cause version of the regional civil religion was a powerful expression.