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The Religious Life of Robert E. Lee
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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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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Mark A. Noll
- Preface
- Family Names and Relationships
- 1. āAll Our Doings Being Ordered by Thy Governanceā
- 2. āA Goodly Heritageā
- 3. āA House Dividedā
- 4. āWho Setteth the Solitary in Familiesā
- 5. āTo Illuminate All Bishopsā
- 6. āWith the Sign of the Crossā
- 7. āTo Have and to Holdā
- 8. āChristās Faithful Soldier and Servantā
- 9. āThis Our Bounden Duty and Serviceā
- 10. That, as We Grow in Age, We May Grow in Graceā
- 11. That He May Continue Thine Foreverā
- 12. Of the Traditions of the Churchā
- 13. Whose Never-Failing Providence Ordereth All Thingsā
- 14. Under the Protection of Thy Good Providenceā
- 15. Help Thy Servants, Whom Thou Hast Redeemedā
- 16. Scatter Thou the Peoples That Delight in Warā
- 17. Who Teacheth My Hands to Warā
- 18. In the Bond of Peace, and in Righteousness of Lifeā
- 19. To Put Away the Leaven of Maliceā
- 20. The Mouth of the Deceitful Is Opened upon Meā
- 21. Do Now Rest from Their Laborsā
- Non Incautus Futuri: A Personal Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Select Bibliography
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index