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Christianity and the Civil War: A Gallery of Fighters of Faith
These Christian generals helped wage the Civil War, and their faith affected how they did it.
Dr. Jeffery Warren Scott is pastor of Broadman Baptist Church in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Mary Ann Jeffreys is editorial coordinator of Christian History.
Ministry in the Killing Fields
Infanticide, widow burning, assisted suicide—Carey and other missionaries battled these accepted religious practices
Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar is lecturer in theology and ethics at Serampore College, the institution founded by William Carey, in West Bengal, India.
The Christian Conquerors
The Political Luther
The reformer revolutionized more than people's views on the church.
Dr. Lewis W. Spitz is William R. Kenan University Professor of History at Stanford University. He is author of numerous books, including The Protestant Reformation, 1517–1559 (Harper & Row, 1985).
Burning a Woman to Death
Luther's Political Nemesis
Paul Thigpen, a professional writer, is a doctoral candidate at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Father of California
Junipero Serra launched a remarkable enterprise on Spain's final frontier
James D. Smith III is pastor of Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church and adjunct professor of church history at Bethel Seminary—West, both in San Diego, California. He is a member of the editorial adisory board of Christian History.
What About Ulysses S. Grant?
He was the Union's leading general and twice president of the United States. But he was no saint.
Highlights of the California Missions
Junípero Serra and his successors established 21 missions in California between 1769 and 1823. Each mission was a combination military outpost and religious commune; together, they were a colorful experiment in missions.
Mark Galli
Luther's Political Allies
Paul Thigpen, a professional writer, is a doctoral candidate at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Preaching the Holy War
What did Protestant ministers say about the raging national battle?
Dr. James H. Moorhead is Mary McIntosh Bridge Professor of American Church History at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, and author of American Apocalypse: Yankee Protestants and the Civil War, 1860–1869 (Yale, 1978).
The Lasting Contributions of a Wretched Worm
Was Carey right when he said, "I have done little for God"?
Dr. Timothy George is the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a member of CHRISTIAN HISTORY's advisory board and author of Faithful Witness: The Life and Mission of William Carey (New Hope, 1991).
Fool in Rome
As a young monk, Luther longed to see Rome. But his 1510 trip to the Holy City filled him with pain and doubt.
Dr. Heiko A. Oberman is a professor of medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation history at the University of Arizona. He is author of Luther: Man between God and the Devil (Yale, 1989), from which this article is adapted by permission.
God Is On Our Side
Selections from sermons during the Civil War era. From God Ordained This War: Sermons on the Sectional Crisis, 1830–1865 edited by David B. Chesebrough (University of South Carolina press, 1991). Used by permission.
Protestantism Explodes
Why is a traditionally Catholic region turning Protestant?
interview with Samuel Escobar
William Carey & Modern Missions: Recommended Resources
Columbus and Christianity in the Americas: Recommended Resources
Of the many books about Columbus and his religious legacy, which are most helpful? Christian History asked Dr. William D. Taylor, co-author, with Emilio A. Núñez C., of Crisis in Latin America: An Evangelical Perspective (Moody, 1989).
Legends About Luther
Which are true? Which are not?
Dr. Scott A. Hendrix, a family therapist, was formerly professor of Reformation history at Philadelphia Lutheran seminary. He is author of Luther and the Papacy: Stages in a Reformation Conflict (Fortress, 1981).
The History Behind Christian History
The experts said a church-history magazine would never work. On our 10th anniversary, we look back with founder Ken Curtis.
The Secret Religion of the Slaves
They often risked floggings to worship God.
Dr. Albert J. Raboteau is Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion and chairman of the religion department at Princeton University. He is author of Slave Religion: The ‘Invisible Institution' in the Antebellum South (Oxford, 1978), from which this article is excerpted by permission.
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