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008			121115s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aBS 680.W2 _bB97 2013
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100	1		_aByrd, James P., _d1965-
245	1	0	_aSacred scripture, sacred war : _bthe Bible and the American Revolution / _cJames P. Byrd.
263			_a1306
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2013.
300			_ax, 243 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [171]-232) and index.
505	0		_a"The curse of cowardice": the martial power of the sermon -- "The Lord is a man of war": Moses, the Exodus, and the Spirit of '76 -- "Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood": Deborah, Jeremiah, and prophetic violence -- "Teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight": David's revolutionary heroism -- "The liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free": Peter, Paul, and apostolic patriotism -- "The fierceness and wrath of Almighty God": Revelation in the Revolution -- Epilogue: an American patriot's Bible.
520			_a"On January 17, 1776, one week after Thomas Paine published his incendiary pamphlet Common Sense, Connecticut minister Samuel Sherwood preached an equally patriotic sermon. "God Almighty, with all the powers of heaven, are on our side," Sherwood said, voicing a sacred justification for war that Americans would invoke repeatedly throughout the struggle for independence. In Sacred Scripture, Sacred War, James Byrd offers the first comprehensive analysis of how American revolutionaries defended their patriotic convictions through Scripture. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution. Indeed, many colonists saw the Bible as primarily a book about war. They viewed God as not merely sanctioning violence but actively participating in combat, playing a decisive role on the battlefield. When war came, preachers and patriots alike turned to Scripture not only for solace but for exhortations to fight. Such Scripture helped amateur soldiers overcome their natural aversion to killing, conferred on those who died for the Revolution the halo of martyrdom, and gave Americans a sense of the divine providence of their cause. Many histories of the Revolution have noted the connection between religion and war, but Sacred Scripture, Sacred War is the first to provide a detailed analysis of specific biblical texts and how they were used, especially in making the patriotic case for war. Combing through more than 500 wartime sources, which include more than 17,000 biblical citations, Byrd shows precisely how the Bible shaped American war, and how war in turn shaped Americans' view of the Bible."--Publisher description.
650		0	_aWar _xBiblical teaching.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
630	0	0	_aBible _xTheology.
650		0	_aWar _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
651		0	_aUnited States _xChurch history _y18th century.
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