Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares - 9780807174821

Millenarian Dreams and Racial NightmaresThe American Civil War As an Apocalyptic Conflict\nAuthor(s): John H. Matsui\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Louisiana State University Press, United States\nImprint: Louisiana State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780807174821, 978-0807174821\nSynopsis\nIn Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares, John H. Matsui argues that the political ideology and racial views of American Protestants during the Civil War mirrored their religious optimism or pessimism regarding human nature, perfectibility, and the millennium. While previous historians have commented on the role of antebellum eschatology in political alignment, none have delved deeply into how religious views complicate the standard narrative of the North versus the South. \n\nMoving beyond the traditional optimism/pessimism dichotomy, Matsui divides American Protestants of the Civil War era into \""\""premillenarian\""\"" and \""\""postmillenarian\""\"" camps. Both postmillenarian and premillenarian Chri.