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005			20230503140616.0
008			160321s2017 xxk b 001 0 eng
010			_a2016012099
019			_a947144788
020			_a0199987939 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a9780199987931 (cloth : alk. paper)
024	8		_a40026642588
035			_a(OCoLC)945549960 _z(OCoLC)947144788
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050	0	0	_aE302.1 _b.D74 2017
100	1		_aDreisbach, Daniel L.
245	1	0	_aReading the Bible with the founding fathers / _cDaniel L. Dreisbach.
260			_aOxford, UK ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2017.
264		1	_aOxford, UK ; _aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2017].
300			_aviii, 331 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers: An Introduction; PART I: The Bible and Culture; 2. The English Bible and American Public Culture; 3. The Bible in the Lives of the Founding Fathers; 4. The Bible in the Political Discourse of the American Founding; PART II: The Bible and Discourse; 5. What Does God Require of Us? Micah 6:8 in the Literature of the American Founding; The Bible in American History:Creating a Great Seal for the New Nation.
505	8		_a6. A Defense of Liberty against Tyrants:The Bible, the Right of Resistance, and the American RevolutionThe Bible in American History: Benjamin Franklin's Call for Prayer in the Constitutional Convention; 7. The Exalted Nation: Proverbs 14:34 and the Characteristics of a Righteous People; The Bible in American History: The First Prayer in Congress; 8. When the Righteous Rule:Proverbs 29:2 and the Character of a Godly Magistrate; The Bible in American History:Proclaim Liberty throughout All the Land.
505	8		_a9. Stand Fast in Liberty:The Use (and Misuse) of Biblical Symbols and Rhetoric of "Liberty" in the American FoundingThe Bible in American History:George Washington Takes the Presidential Oath of Office; 10. Under Our Own Vine and Fig Tree:Creating an American Metaphor for Liberty in the New Nation; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.
520			_aDreisbach 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. -- Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aBible and politics _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aFounding Fathers of the United States _xReligious life.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1775-1783.
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