Bible Nation - The United States of Hobby Lobby

Zusatztext "One could argue that it’s the civic duty of skeptics to go take a look--but with a copy of Bible Nation firmly in hand." ---Sarah Posner, Washington Post Informationen zum Autor Candida R. Moss is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham and the author of! among other books! The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Dangerous Legacy (HarperOne). Joel S. Baden is professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School. His books include The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero (HarperOne). Klappentext Like many evangelical Christians! the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded as a Christian nation! based on a "biblical worldview.¿ But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby! a huge nationwide chain of craft stores! the Greens came to national attention in 2014 after successfully suing the federal government over their religious objections to provisions of the Affordable Care Act. What is less widely known is that the Greens are now America's biggest financial supporters of Christian causes¿and they are spending hundreds of millions of dollars in an ambitious effort to increase the Bible's influence on American society. In Bible Nation! Candida Moss and Joel Baden provide the first in-depth investigative account of the Greens' sweeping Bible projects and the many questions they raise. Zusammenfassung How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation" Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded as a Christian nation, based on a "biblical worldview." But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The bil

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• Authors: Joel S. Baden, Candida R. Moss, Candida R. Baden Moss, Moss Candida R.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780691177359
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17735-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Religion: general, Christianity, Political science & theory, Archaeology, Politics and government, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts