Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union

WINNER OF THE 2026 GILDER LEHRMAN LINCOLN PRIZE •The first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing theconflict through Abraham Lincoln's contentious appeals to faith-based nationalism

How did slavery figure in God's plan? Was it the providential role of government to abolish this sin and build a righteous nation? Or did such a mission amount to “religious tyranny” and “pulpit politics,” in an effort to strip the southern s...