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.
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.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Chapter 1: "The Curse of Cowardice": The Martial Power of the Sermon * Chapter 2: "The Lord is a Man of War": Moses, the Exodus, and the Spirit of '76 * Chapter 3: "Cursed Be He that Keepeth Back his Sword from Blood": Deborah, Jeremiah, and Prophetic Violence * Chapter 4: "Teacheth My Hands to War, and My Fingers to Fight: David's Revolutionary Heroism * Chapter 5: "The Liberty wherewith Christ hath Made Us Free": Peter, Paul, and Apostolic Patriotism * Chapter 6: "The Fierceness and Wrath of Almighty God": Revelation in the Revolution * Epilogue: An American Patriot's Bible * Appendix: Methodology * Index * Notes
* Introduction * Chapter 1: "The Curse of Cowardice": The Martial Power of the Sermon * Chapter 2: "The Lord is a Man of War": Moses, the Exodus, and the Spirit of '76 * Chapter 3: "Cursed Be He that Keepeth Back his Sword from Blood": Deborah, Jeremiah, and Prophetic Violence * Chapter 4: "Teacheth My Hands to War, and My Fingers to Fight: David's Revolutionary Heroism * Chapter 5: "The Liberty wherewith Christ hath Made Us Free": Peter, Paul, and Apostolic Patriotism * Chapter 6: "The Fierceness and Wrath of Almighty God": Revelation in the Revolution * Epilogue: An American Patriot's Bible * Appendix: Methodology * Index * Notes
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