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A Political History of the Bible in America.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (695 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611646085
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Political History of the Bible in AmericaDDC classification:
  • 220.0973
LOC classification:
  • BR515 -- .H367 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Story, Identity, and Making Sense of the Bible -- PART 1 A Historical Retrospective on the Relation between the Bible and Politics in the United States -- Introduction -- The Theocratic Model of the Puritans -- The Challenge of the Prophetic-Dialectical Model -- The Revolutionary Period and the Lure of the Apocalyptic Model -- Church and State in the Founding Documents -- The Church-State Partnership of the Antebellum Years -- The Gilded Age -- Twentieth-Century Challenges -- The Twenty-First Century's Perilous Debut -- PART 2 Politics in the Bible -- Defining a Suitable Interpretive Method -- Charismatic Rule -- Monarchy -- Prophetic Politics -- The Politics of Amos -- The Politics of Hosea -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Ezekiel -- Isaiah 40-55 -- Haggai and Zechariah -- The Jewish Commonwealth and a Politics of Accommodation -- Isaiah 24-27, 56-66 -- Ezekiel 38-39 -- Zechariah 9-14 -- Malachi -- Sapiential Politics in Proverbs, Sirach, Job, and Ecclesiastes -- The Apocalyptic Politics of the Book of Daniel and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Roman Occupation and Jewish Political Responses -- The Politics of the New Testament -- The Politics of Jesus -- The Politics of the Apostle Paul -- The Church Accommodates Itself to a World Not About to End -- The Book of Revelation -- The Politics of the Four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles -- Epilogue -- What Is the Bible's Message for Today? -- Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects.
Summary: From the PrologueIn invoking the metaphor of story, we have begun to build the case for an under- standing of political process that reclaims the historical dimension of nation- hood and the essential role of memory in fostering a vibrant and just society while at the same time taking.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Story, Identity, and Making Sense of the Bible -- PART 1 A Historical Retrospective on the Relation between the Bible and Politics in the United States -- Introduction -- The Theocratic Model of the Puritans -- The Challenge of the Prophetic-Dialectical Model -- The Revolutionary Period and the Lure of the Apocalyptic Model -- Church and State in the Founding Documents -- The Church-State Partnership of the Antebellum Years -- The Gilded Age -- Twentieth-Century Challenges -- The Twenty-First Century's Perilous Debut -- PART 2 Politics in the Bible -- Defining a Suitable Interpretive Method -- Charismatic Rule -- Monarchy -- Prophetic Politics -- The Politics of Amos -- The Politics of Hosea -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Ezekiel -- Isaiah 40-55 -- Haggai and Zechariah -- The Jewish Commonwealth and a Politics of Accommodation -- Isaiah 24-27, 56-66 -- Ezekiel 38-39 -- Zechariah 9-14 -- Malachi -- Sapiential Politics in Proverbs, Sirach, Job, and Ecclesiastes -- The Apocalyptic Politics of the Book of Daniel and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Roman Occupation and Jewish Political Responses -- The Politics of the New Testament -- The Politics of Jesus -- The Politics of the Apostle Paul -- The Church Accommodates Itself to a World Not About to End -- The Book of Revelation -- The Politics of the Four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles -- Epilogue -- What Is the Bible's Message for Today? -- Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects.

From the PrologueIn invoking the metaphor of story, we have begun to build the case for an under- standing of political process that reclaims the historical dimension of nation- hood and the essential role of memory in fostering a vibrant and just society while at the same time taking.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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