Daniel L. Dreisbach (Professor, Department of Justice, Law & Crimin

Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780199987931
• ISBN-10: 0199987939
• Artikelnr.: 47864780

Autorenporträt

Daniel L. Dreisbach is a professor at American University in Washington, D.C. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. He has written extensively on the intersection of religion, politics, and law in the American founding.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter One: Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers: An
Introduction
* PART I
* Chapter Two: The English Bible and American Public Culture
* Chapter Three: The Bible in the Lives of the Founding Fathers
* Chapter Four: The Bible in the Political Discourse of the American
Founding
* PART II
* Chapter Five: What Does God Require of Us?: Micah 6:8 in the
Literature of the American Founding
* The Bible in American History 1: Creating a Great Seal for the New
Nation
* Chapter Six: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants: The Bible, the
Right of Resistance, and the American Revolution
* The Bible in American History 2: Benjamin Franklin's Call for Prayer
in the Constitutional Convention
* Chapter Seven: The Exalted Nation: Proverbs 14:34 and the
Characteristics of a Righteous
* People
* The Bible in American History 3: The First Prayer in Congress
* Chapter Eight: When the Righteous Rule: Proverbs 29:2 and the
Character of a Godly
* Magistrate
* The Bible in American History 4: Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the
Land
* Chapter Nine: Stand Fast in Liberty: The Use (and Misuse) of Biblical
Symbols and Rhetoric of "Liberty " in the American Founding
* The Bible in American History 5: George Washington Takes the
Presidential Oath of Office
* Chapter Ten: Under Our Own Vine and Fig Tree: Creating an American
Metaphor
* for Liberty in the New Nation
* Afterword
* Notes
* Selected Bibliography
* Acknowledgments
* Index