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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136230503321

Autore

Dreisbach Daniel L.

Titolo

Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers / / Daniel L. Dreisbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-998795-5

0-19-062428-0

0-19-998794-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

973.30922

Soggetti

Bible and politics - United States - History - 18th century

Founding Fathers of the United States - Religious life

United States Politics and government 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.