The vast majority of Americans in the first half of the 19th Century were highly religious and overwhelmingly Christian. They believed America was destined for greatness in part because of our belief in God. We were a favored people. This conviction was particularly strong in the heavily protestant South. The belief among Southerners that they were ordained for greatness by God was put to the ultimate test by the war. In a nation full of professing religious believers, could faith stand the test of this war? The Civil War was not only a crisis of country and conscience, but also a crisis of faith.
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Tennessee Civil War 150Crisis of Faith | Tennessee Civil War 150 | NPT
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The vast majority of Americans in the first half of the 19th Century were highly religious
Production Credits
Writer and Producer Justin Harvey
Editor Paul Mojonnier
Narrator Amy Grant
Music Scoring and Sound Design Joe DelMerico Joey Hodge
Vocalists Jim Chapman III Chris DelMerico Cindy Ellis Judy Cox Keisler Paul Scott Rachel Sullivan Dann Zehr
Camera Paul Mojonnier Matt Emigh Jim DeMarco
Images Mort Kunstler Library of Congress Tennessee State Museum Southern Baptist Library & Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
Engineer Dale Baker
Re-Enactors Myers E. Brown II Gene Barr, Jr. Chad Gray Donnie Watson Thomas L. Clark Brian Allison Michael Agee Whit Barr Morgan Brown Emily Marie Palmer Ronald M. Westphal Archie Kelley III Angela W. Brown Heath Potter Ed Jones
Special Thanks Rippavilla Plantation, Spring Hill, Tennessee The Hermitage: Home of President Andrew Jackson Travellers Rest Plantation, Nashville, Tennessee The Tennessee Repertory Theater Battle of Franklin Trust Brian Allison Myers E. Brown II
Production Assistants Erin McInnis Michael Ponce
Executive Producer Kevin Crane
Tennessee Civil War 150 is made possible in part by:
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA,
TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, and FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION
