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The Bishop of the Old South
Glenn Robins
其他書名
The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk
出版Mercer University Press, 2006
主題Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalBiography & Autobiography / MilitaryBiography & Autobiography / ReligiousHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)Religion / ClergyReligion / Christian Church / History
ISBN08814603899780881460384
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9rmVk2YFdBkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Leonidas Polk was one of the antebellum South's most significant religious leaders. The son of a wealthy, slaveholding veteran of the Revolutionary War, Polk graduated from West Point in 1827 and seemed destined for martial service. Instead he pursued a ministerial career and was the first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana. Polk attempted to cultivate a religious solidarity among white Southerners of all classes and to broaden the social and cultural appeal of Episcopalianism in the South. Ultimately, Polk's Lost Cause mythmakers developed a public memory of the bishop general that celebrated the virtue of the Christian gentleman who had waged war for Southern independence. A considerable amount of new information on Polk's family, time at West Point, ministry, life as a planter, role with Sewanee, and his place within the pantheon of Lost Cause icons has been brought to light. What emerges is a clearer portrait of the Bishop of the Old South.