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S8 Ep340: PREVIEW FOR LATER TODAY Guest: Professor Richard Carwardine. Carwardine explains that while the Civil War was won on battlefields, peace was secured at the pulpits. Lincoln recognized the influence of religious nationalists who were initially critical of

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

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PREVIEW FOR LATER TODAY Guest: Professor Richard Carwardine. Carwardine explains that while the Civil Warwas won on battlefields, peace was secured at the pulpits. Lincoln recognized the influence of religious nationalists who were initially critical of him, understanding he needed their attention and support to knit the fractured Union back together during the conflict.
1860 LINCOLN AFTER THE 1860 ELECTION BUT BEFORE THE INAUGURATION. WORKED FROM AN OFFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

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0:41.9

Emeritus Regis Professor of History at Oxford University.

0:45.6

His new book, Righteous Strife, about Abraham Lincoln and the pulpits of the Civil War,

0:52.5

the subtitle, How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union,

0:57.9

the early days of the war, the pulpits were highly, highly, highly angry and critical of Lincoln.

1:05.3

And the professor explains why, and what they wanted Lincoln to do

1:10.7

and what he resisted early on.

1:15.1

There's much more of this coming. This is the first of a two-hour conversation.

1:20.9

Richard Carwardine, righteous strife, how warring religious nationalist forged Lincoln's

1:25.9

Union.

1:29.2

The war was won on the battlefield,

1:34.0

but the peace was won at the pulpits.

1:39.6

And Lincoln knew it, and he paid a great deal of attention to those pulpits.

1:46.0

He needed to not only win the war, but also knit the country together again.

1:48.3

Much more of this.

1:50.3

Well, I think the result was the same.

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