The Progressives' Bible - Setzer, Claudia
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"Like conservative forces, progressive movements in American life have rooted themselves in the Bible. This book examines how abolitionism, 19th-century women's rights, temperance, and 20th-century civil rights movements marshalled scripture for their arguments. A final chapter looks at contemporary reform groups that draw from religious traditions"--

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"Like conservative forces, progressive movements in American life have rooted themselves in the Bible. This book examines how abolitionism, 19th-century women's rights, temperance, and 20th-century civil rights movements marshalled scripture for their arguments. A final chapter looks at contemporary reform groups that draw from religious traditions"--
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Claudia Setzer is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY. Her books include The Bible in the American Experience (co-edited with David Shefferman), The Bible and American Culture: A Sourcebook (co-edited with David Shefferman), Resurrection of the Body in Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Doctrine, Community, and Self-Definition, and Jewish Responses to Early Christians: History and Polemics, 30-150 C.E.