For 10 points, give this name of the fictional Republic where the Handmaid's Tale is set, also a Biblical location known for its balm.
In a novel with this title, the narrator recalls how his grandfather lost an eye at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, having become an abolitionist after having a vision of a manacled Jesus. In that novel with this title, the disgraced Jack Boughton returns to the title town so he can live with his black common-law wife. A novel with this title is framed as an extended letter written by 76-year-old Iowa preacher dying of angina pectoris, John Ames. This place appears in the title of an African-American spiritual that promises, "Some times I feel discouraged and think my work's in vain, but then the Holy Spirit (*) revives my soul again." This is the title of a novel that won the 2005 Pulitzer by Marilynne Robinson. It is also the name of a country where people join the Aunts so as not to be sent to the Colonies, where the Mayday Resistance movement operates, and where the Commander is married to Serena Joy. For 10 points, give this name of the fictional Republic where the Handmaid's Tale is set, also a Biblical location known for its balm.
In a novel with this title, the narrator recalls how his grandfather lost an eye at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, having become an abolitionist after having a vision of a manacled Jesus.
Gilead [or the Republic of Gilead; or "There is a Balm in Gilead"]