Bible Culture and Authority in the Early United States /

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Early Americans claimed that they looked to "the Bible alone" for authority, but the Bible was never, ever alone. Bible Culture and Authority in the Early United States is a wide-ranging exploration of the place of the Christian Bible in America in the decades after the Revolution. Attendi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Perry, Seth (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Bible.
Bible > Preuves, autorite, etc.
Bible > Evidences, authority, etc.
Christianity and culture.
Authority > Religious aspects.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > General.
Christianity and culture > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 19e siecle.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 18e siecle.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
United States > Church history > 18th century.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Authority, identity, and the Bible in the early republic
  • Part I. Print-Bible culture in the early United states
  • Creating the American Bible Reader, 1777-1816
  • Taking a text: reading and referencing the Bible in the early nineteenth century
  • Part II. Beyond Bibles
  • Joshua, when the walls fell: Biblical roles in changing times
  • "Write these things in a book": scripturalization and visionary authority
  • The many Bibles of Joseph Smith: scripturalization in early national America
  • Conclusion: Abandoned quarries.

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