Author: James Constantine PillingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algonquian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Bibliographic Notes on Eliot's Indian Bible
Author: James Constantine PillingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algonquian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Bible in American Life
Author: Philip GoffPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190468947
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
There is a paradox in American Christianity. According to Gallup, nearly eight in ten Americans regard the Bible as either the literal word of God or inspired by God. At the same time, surveys have revealed gaps in these same Americans' biblical literacy. These discrepancies reveal the complex relationship between American Christians and Holy Writ, a subject that is widely acknowledged but rarely investigated. The Bible in American Life is a sustained, collaborative reflection on the ways Americans use the Bible in their personal lives. It also considers how other influences, including religious communities and the Internet, shape individuals' comprehension of scripture. Employing both quantitative methods (the General Social Survey and the National Congregations Study) and qualitative research (historical studies for context), The Bible in American Life provides an unprecedented perspective on the Bible's role outside of worship, in the lived religion of a broad cross-section of Americans both now and in the past. The Bible has been central to Christian practice, and has functioned as a cultural touchstone From the broadest scale imaginable, national survey data about all Americans, down to the smallest details, such as the portrayal of Noah and his ark in children's Bibles, this book offers insight and illumination from scholars across the intellectual spectrum. It will be useful and informative for scholars seeking to understand changes in American Christianity as well as clergy seeking more effective ways to preach and teach about scripture in a changing environment.
Early Bibles of America
Author: John WrightPublisher: New York : T. Whittaker
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
James Kennedy, W. A. Smith, A. F. Johnson
Author: The Cambridge Press, 1638-1692
Author: George Parker WinshipPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512808792
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America
Author: Paul GutjahrPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190258853
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Early Americans have long been considered "A People of the Book" Because the nickname was coined primarily to invoke close associations between Americans and the Bible, it is easy to overlook the central fact that it was a book-not a geographic location, a monarch, or even a shared language-that has served as a cornerstone in countless investigations into the formation and fragmentation of early American culture. Few books can lay claim to such powers of civilization-altering influence. Among those which can are sacred books, and for Americans principal among such books stands the Bible. This Handbook is designed to address a noticeable void in resources focused on analyzing the Bible in America in various historical moments and in relationship to specific institutions and cultural expressions. It takes seriously the fact that the Bible is both a physical object that has exercised considerable totemic power, as well as a text with a powerful intellectual design that has inspired everything from national religious and educational practices to a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors to our nation's politics and foreign policy. This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview--rich with bibliographic resources--to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.
Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Bibliographical Essays
Author: The Colonial Printer
Author: Lawrence C. WrothPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486282947
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated study explores every aspect of the American printer and his craft from 1639 to 1800.
Author: The Grolier Club