The Religious Life of Robert E. Lee (LRB) - Couverture souple

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Cox, R. David

 
9780802874825: The Religious Life of Robert E. Lee (LRB)

Synopsis

Series: Library of Religious Biography (LRB) 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

R David Cox is an Episcopal priest and author who was rector at R E Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington, Virginia, for 13 years. He currently serves as visiting professor of history at Southern Virginia University in Beuna Vista, Virginia.

Mark A. Noll is Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

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