Our Presenter:

George C. Rable, Ph.D. is Professor and Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at The University of Alabama. He is the author of many articles and publications including Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! (2002), The Confederate Republic: A Revolution Against Politics (1994), and his latest work God’s Almost Chosen People: A Religious History of the American Civil War (2009). All Published by The University of North Carolina Press. His many awards and honors include: The Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor, University of Alabama, President, Society of Civil War Historians, Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award in American Military History (2004), Jefferson Davis Award (2003 and 2010) and the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award (2003).
Dr. Rabel received his B.A. at Bluffton College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in history under the renowned Professor T. Harry Williams at Louisiana State University.

Topic:
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now in God’s Almost Chosen Peoples, Lincoln Prize-winning historian George C. Rabel offers a ground breaking account of how Americans of all political and religious persuasions used faith to interpret the course of the war. Examining a wide range of documents–including sermons, official statements from various churches and denominational papers Dr. Rable illuminates the broad role of religion during the War giving attention to often-neglected groups such as Mormons, Catholics, and blacks.