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The Bible in the Public Square : Its Enduring Influence in American Life.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical Scholarship in North America SeriesPublisher: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781589839830
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Bible in the Public SquareDDC classification:
  • 220.0973
LOC classification:
  • BR515
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Bible and Politics -- The Bible in the Presidential Elections of 2012, 2008, 2004, and the Collapse of American Secularism -- Biblical Imagery, the End Times, and Political Action: The Roots of Christian Support for Zionism and Israel -- Part 2: The Bible, America's Founding Era, and American Identity -- Does America Have a Biblical Heritage? -- "God's New Israel": American Identification with Israel Ancient and Modern -- The Image of the Protestant Bible in America -- Part 3: The Bible and Popular Culture -- Holy Words in Hollywood: DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) and American Identity* -- History, Memory, and Forgetting in Psalm 137 -- Comic Book Bibles: Translation and the Politics of Interpretation -- Battling over the Bible in Public Schools: Is Common Ground Possible? -- Public School Bible Courses in Historical Perspective: North Carolina as a Case Study -- Contributors -- Subject Index.
Summary: Biblical themes, pervasive in American culture, are utilized for many artistic, ideological, and religious ends. These essays explore perceptions and interpretations of scripture in key spheres of American culture, including politics, conceptions of American identity, popular culture, and public education.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Bible and Politics -- The Bible in the Presidential Elections of 2012, 2008, 2004, and the Collapse of American Secularism -- Biblical Imagery, the End Times, and Political Action: The Roots of Christian Support for Zionism and Israel -- Part 2: The Bible, America's Founding Era, and American Identity -- Does America Have a Biblical Heritage? -- "God's New Israel": American Identification with Israel Ancient and Modern -- The Image of the Protestant Bible in America -- Part 3: The Bible and Popular Culture -- Holy Words in Hollywood: DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) and American Identity* -- History, Memory, and Forgetting in Psalm 137 -- Comic Book Bibles: Translation and the Politics of Interpretation -- Battling over the Bible in Public Schools: Is Common Ground Possible? -- Public School Bible Courses in Historical Perspective: North Carolina as a Case Study -- Contributors -- Subject Index.

Biblical themes, pervasive in American culture, are utilized for many artistic, ideological, and religious ends. These essays explore perceptions and interpretations of scripture in key spheres of American culture, including politics, conceptions of American identity, popular culture, and public education.

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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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