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xxi, 336 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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Library of religious biography |
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Library of religious biography.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index. |
| Contents |
"All our doings being ordered by thy governance" -- "A goodly heritage" : Anglicanism in Lee's Virginia -- "A house divided" : faith in the Lee household -- "Who setteth the solitary in families" : Lee's extended clan -- "To illuminate all bishops" : William Meade and his influence -- "With the sign of the cross" : the young officer -- "To have and to hold" : struggling to unite two as one -- "Christ's faithful soldier and servant" : Lee, family, and church -- "This our bounden duty and service" : from peace to war -- "That, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace" : father and superintendent -- "That he may continue thine forever" : Lee's confirmation -- "Of the traditions of the church" : Lee the Episcopalian -- "Whose never-failing providence ordereth all things" : Lee's central tenet -- "Under the protection of thy good providence" : the Lee family -- "Help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed" : Lee and slavery -- "Scatter thou the peoples that delight in war" : Lee's first great decision -- "Who teacheth my hands to war" : the years of struggle -- "In the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life" : Lee's second great decision -- "To put away the leaven of malice" : pursuing reconciliation -- "The mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me" : the uneasy peace -- "Do now rest from their labors" : the earthly end -- Non incautus futuri : a personal epilogue. |
| Summary |
This book is the first close examination of how Robert E. Lee's faith shaped his life. Robert E. Lee was many things -- accomplished soldier, military engineer, college president, family man, agent of reconciliation, polarizing figure. He was also a person of deep Christian conviction. In this biography of the famous Civil War general, R. David Cox shows how Lee's Christian faith shaped his crucial role in some of the most pivotal events in American history. Delving into family letters and other primary sources -- some of them newly discovered -- Cox traces the lifelong development of Lee's convictions and how they influenced his decisions to stand with Virginia over against the Union and later to support reconciliation and reconstruction in the years after the Civil War. Faith was central to Lee's character, Cox argues -- so central that it directed and redirected his life, especially in the aftermath of defeat. - Publisher. |
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Robert E. Lee was many things--accomplished soldier, military engineer, college president, family man, agent of reconciliation, polarizing figure. He was also a person of deep Christian conviction. In this biography of the famous Civil War general, R. David Cox shows how Lee's Christian faith shaped his crucial role in some of the most pivotal events in American history. -- Back cover. |
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Religion.
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. (OCoLC)fst00053327
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American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
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Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Confederate States of America.
(OCoLC)fst01205435
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1865
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780802874825 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0802874827 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40027036005 |
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CHBIS 010809019 |
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CHVBK 446848182 |
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