{"id":10777042911526,"title":"Valiant \u0026 Pious: The Idea of the Christian Soldier in America, 1776–1918","handle":"valiant-pious-the-idea-of-the-christian-soldier-in-america-1776-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/8859\/5494\/files\/DavenantPress_logo-01.jpg?v=1698851619\" width=\"207\" height=\"55\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 89, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Miles Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 89, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForward by: Larry P. Arnn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 89, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003ePages: 328\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf America has historically been a Christian nation, does that mean it has spent two and half centuries waging holy wars? From Washington’s Continental Army to the trenches of the First World War, Miles Smith uncovers a forgotten rivalry inside the American military: a contest between the officer corps’ classical Protestantism and the anti-institutional fervor of evangelical revival. While many Americans began to embrace a more democratic religion throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—suspicious of hierarchy, confident in progress—the Army and Navy held the line, catechized at West Point on natural law rather than camp-meeting enthusiasm. But that order could not last. Andrew Jackson’s rise gave evangelicals their first foothold in military life, and a quiet revolution followed: as old hierarchies fell, the nation itself became sacred, its wars invested with a holiness the officer corps had once refused to grant them. Rigorously researched, Valiant \u0026amp; Pious traces this contest from the Revolution to World War I—and explains why Americans still can’t agree on how, or even if, faith and war belong together.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2026-09-29T12:22:50-04:00","created_at":"2026-09-28T12:21:14-04:00","vendor":"The Davenant Press","type":"Book","tags":["American history","Theology"],"price":2495,"price_min":2495,"price_max":2495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3495,"compare_at_price_min":3495,"compare_at_price_max":3495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":53967574171942,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781949716887","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Valiant \u0026 Pious: The Idea of the Christian Soldier in America, 1776–1918","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2495,"weight":454,"compare_at_price":3495,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781949716887","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Valiant_Pious_FrontCover.jpg?v=1790611855","\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Valiant_Pious_BackCover.jpg?v=1790611861"],"featured_image":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Valiant_Pious_FrontCover.jpg?v=1790611855","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":46529544814886,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":640,"width":427,"src":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Valiant_Pious_FrontCover.jpg?v=1790611855"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":640,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Valiant_Pious_FrontCover.jpg?v=1790611855","width":427},{"alt":null,"id":46529545109798,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":640,"width":427,"src":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Valiant_Pious_BackCover.jpg?v=1790611861"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":640,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Valiant_Pious_BackCover.jpg?v=1790611861","width":427}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/8859\/5494\/files\/DavenantPress_logo-01.jpg?v=1698851619\" width=\"207\" height=\"55\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 89, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Miles Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 89, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForward by: Larry P. Arnn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(39, 89, 53);\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003ePages: 328\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf America has historically been a Christian nation, does that mean it has spent two and half centuries waging holy wars? From Washington’s Continental Army to the trenches of the First World War, Miles Smith uncovers a forgotten rivalry inside the American military: a contest between the officer corps’ classical Protestantism and the anti-institutional fervor of evangelical revival. While many Americans began to embrace a more democratic religion throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—suspicious of hierarchy, confident in progress—the Army and Navy held the line, catechized at West Point on natural law rather than camp-meeting enthusiasm. But that order could not last. Andrew Jackson’s rise gave evangelicals their first foothold in military life, and a quiet revolution followed: as old hierarchies fell, the nation itself became sacred, its wars invested with a holiness the officer corps had once refused to grant them. Rigorously researched, Valiant \u0026amp; Pious traces this contest from the Revolution to World War I—and explains why Americans still can’t agree on how, or even if, faith and war belong together.\u003c\/p\u003e"}