Apostle of the Lost Cause (eBook)

J. William Jones, Baptists, and the Development of Confederate Memory

Chris Moore (Autor)

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2024 | 1
208 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-540-0 (ISBN)

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Perhaps no person exerted more influence on postwar white Southern memory than former Confederate chaplain and Baptist minister J. William Jones. Christopher C. Moore's Apostle of the Lost Cause is the first full-length work to examine the complex contributions to Lost Cause ideology of this well-known but surprisingly understudied figure. Commissioned by Robert E. Lee himself to preserve an accurate account of the Confederacy, Jones responded by welding hagiography and denominationalism to create, in effect, a sacred history of the Southern cause. In a series of popular books and in his work as secretary of the Southern Historical Society Papers, Jones's mission became the canonization of Confederate saints, most notably Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis, for a postwar generation and the contrivance of a full-blown myth of Southern virtue-in-defeat that deeply affected historiography for decades to come. While personally committed to Baptist identity, Jones supplied his readers with embodiments of Southern morality who transcended denominational boundaries and enabled white Southerners to locate their champions (and themselves) in a quasi-biblical narrative that ensured ultimate vindication for the Southern cause. In a time when Confederate monuments and the enduring effects of white supremacy are in the daily headlines, an examination of this key figure in the creation of the Lost Cause legacy could not be more relevant.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2024
• Reihe/Serie: America's Baptists
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Apostle of the Lost Cause • baptist minister • Christopher C. Moore • Civil War memory • Confederate chaplain • Confederate hagiography • Confederate memorialization • Confederate memory • Confederate monuments • Confederate saints • Denominationalism • Jefferson Davis • J. William Jones • legacy of the Lost Cause • Lost Cause ideology • myth of Southern virtue-in-defeat • postwar white Southern memory • quasi-biblical Confederate myth • Robert E. Lee • sacred history of the Confederacy • Southern historical narrative • Southern Historical Society Papers • southern historiography • Southern morality • stonewall jackson • white supremacy
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-540-3 / 1621905403
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-540-0 / 9781621905400