Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865–1898

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix introduction Race, Religion, and the Fracturing of the White Republic / 1 1. the last and greatest battle of freedom: Race and the American Nation after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln / 20 2. on the verge of heaven: Religious Missions, Interracial Contact, and the Radicalism of Radical Reconstruction / 51 3. the apostles of forgiveness: Religion and National Reunion in Northern Society, Popular Culture, and National Politics, 1865–1875 / 87 4. inventor of legends miraculous: National Reconciliation and Racial Segregation during America’s Third Great Awakening / 120 5. the white flag waves: Spiritual Reunion and Genocidal Visions during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 / 146 6. no north, no south, no sectionalism in politics, no sex in citizenship: Race, Nationalism, and Gender Politics in the Rise of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union / 174 7. to the person sitting in darkness: Global Missions, Religious Belief, and the Making of the Imperial White Republic / 209 epilogue: Dreaming of the White Republic, Defending the Souls of Black Folk / 244 Notes / 251 Bibliography / 303 Index / 345 Illustrations follow page 150 viii / contents ...