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The Bible in the public square : its enduring influence in American life / edited by Mark A. Chancey, Carol Meyers, and Eric M. Meyers.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biblical scholarship in North America ; Number 27.
- Biblical Scholarship in North America ; Number 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Influence--United States.
- Bible.
- Bible--United States--History.
- Christianity and politics--Biblical teaching.
- Christianity and politics.
- United States--Church history.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Mark A. Chancey, Caroll Meyers, and Eric M. Meyers
- PART 1. THE BIBLE AND POLITICS
- The Bible in the presidential elections of 2012, 2008, 2004, and the collapse of American Secularism / Jacques Berlinerblau
- Biblical imagery, the end times, and political action: the roots of Christian support for Zionism and Israel / Yaakov Ariel
- PART 2. THE BIBLE, AMERICA'S FOUNDING ERA, AND AMERICAN IDENTITY
- Does America have a Biblical heritage? / John Fea
- "God's new Israel": American identification with Israel ancient and modern / Shalom Goldman
- The image of the Protestant Bible in America / David Morgan
- PART 3. THE BIBLE AND POPULAR CULTURE
- Holy words in Hollywood: DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) and American identity / Adele Reinhartz
- History, memory, and forgetting in Psalm 137 / David W. Stowe
- Comic book bibles: translation and the politics of interpretation / Rubâen Dupertuis
- PART 4. THE BIBLE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- Battling over the Bible in public schools: is common ground possible? / Charles C. Haynes
- Public school Bible courses in historical perspective: North Carolina as a case study / Mark A. Chancey.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-58983-983-8
- OCLC:
- 927515911
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