Bible Culture and Authority in the Early United States

Zusatztext " Discerning, illuminating, and altogether excellent study of religious authority in early America.—Daniel Vaca, American Religion " Informationen zum Autor Seth Perry is assistant professor of religion at Princeton University. Klappentext 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. Attending to both theoretical concerns about the nature of scriptur Zusammenfassung 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. Attending to both theoretical concerns about the nature of scriptur

Product details

• Authors: Seth Perry
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780691179131
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17913-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Christianity, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas