Reading the Bible with the founding fathers
2017
973.30922 D771 2017
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Title
Reading the Bible with the founding fathers
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
viii, 331 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
973.30922 D771 2017
System Control No.
(OCoLC)945549960
Note
Dreisbach shows that the Bible was the most frequently referenced book in the political discourse of the American founders. Drawing on some of the most familiar rhetoric of the founding era, Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers examines the founders' diverse uses of the Bible and how scripture informed their political culture--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-320) and index.
Contents: 1. Reading the Bible with the founding fathers: an introduction -- Pt. I. The Bible and culture. 2. The English Bible and American public culture -- 3. The Bible in the lives of the founding fathers -- 4. The Bible in the political discourse of the American founding -- Pt. II. The Bible and discourse. 5. What does God require of us? Micah 6:8 in the literature of the American founding --The Bible in American history: creating a great seal for the new nation.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-320) and index.
Contents: 1. Reading the Bible with the founding fathers: an introduction -- Pt. I. The Bible and culture. 2. The English Bible and American public culture -- 3. The Bible in the lives of the founding fathers -- 4. The Bible in the political discourse of the American founding -- Pt. II. The Bible and discourse. 5. What does God require of us? Micah 6:8 in the literature of the American founding --The Bible in American history: creating a great seal for the new nation.
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