Research Catalog

Title

The Bible in American law and politics : a reference guide / John R. Vile.

Author

Vile, John R.

Publication

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

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Details

Description

xxxix, 638 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"While scholars increasingly recognize the importance of religion throughout American history, The Bible in American Law and Politics is the first reference book to focus on the key role that the Bible has played in American public life. In considering revolting from Great Britain, Americans contemplated whether this was consistent with scripture. Americans subsequently sought to apply Biblical passages to such issues as slavery, women's rights, national alcoholic prohibition, issues of war and peace, and the like. American presidents continue to take their oath on the Bible. Some of America's greatest speeches, for example, Lincoln's Second Inaugural and William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold speech, have been grounded on Biblical texts or analogies. Today, Americans continue to cite the Bible for positions as diverse as LGBTQ rights, abortion, immigration, welfare, health care, and other contemporary issues. By providing essays on key speeches, books, documents, legal decisions, and other writings throughout American history that have sought to buttress arguments through citations to Scriptures or to Biblical figures, John Vile provides an indispensable guide for scholars and students in religion, American history, law, and political science to understand how Americans throughout its history have interpreted and applied the Bible to legal and political issues." --

Subject

• Christianity and politics > United States > History
• Bible and politics > United States > History
• Christianity and law > History
• Bible and law
• Bible and politics
• Christianity and law
• Christianity and politics
• United States

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Features: approximately 300 entries on topics on the Bible in American law and politics from Christopher Columbus and the Puritans to the present; extensive cross references; an extensive bibliography of more than 1100 sources; both a regular index and an index to biblical references; an extensive timeline.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-610) and indexes.

Call Number

JFF 21-143

ISBN

• 9781538141663
• 1538141663
• 9781538141670 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1155163185

Author

Vile, John R., author.

Title

The Bible in American law and politics : a reference guide / John R. Vile.

Publisher

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 554-610) and indexes.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781538141670

Research Call Number

JFF 21-143