Sacred Scripture, Sacred War : The Bible and the American Revolution
ISBN: 9780199843497 | 019984349X
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 6/4/2013
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The American colonists who took up arms against the British fought in defense of the ''sacred cause of liberty.'' But it was not merely their cause but warfare itself that they believed was sacred. In Sacred Scripture, Sacred War, James P. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution. Many colonists saw the Bible as primarily a book about war, and God as not merely sanctioning violence but actively participating in combat. When war came, preachers andpatriots turned to scripture, not only for solace, but for exhortations ... MORE
James P. Byrd is Assistant Professor of American Religious History and Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion. He is the author of Jonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians and The Challenges of Roger Williams.
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