Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers /
Dreisbach 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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Dreisbach 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 331 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199987948 0199987947 9780199987955 0199987955 |