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Civil War Religion Analysis

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It was interesting to learn about how the Protestant religion during the time period of the Civil War was interpreted in numerous ways to create different meanings using the same sacred text. In the north the religion was used to promote the abolition of slavery, it was interpreted that the text upheld that slavery was a inhumane and a sin, while in the south it was interpreted that the text supported slavery and viewed it as essential, in both view-points there was an absolute certainty of the truth behind their positions and this fueled the war effort on both sides during the Civil War. In the same period, in the midst of all this, the south experienced another shift on this religion, as it was used to promote freedom through the story of

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