Author: Samuel Phillips
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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A Sermon Preached at the Request, and in the Audience of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery-Company in Boston, June 1st. 1741
Author: Samuel Phillips
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Sacred Scripture, Sacred War
Author: James P. Byrd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199987599
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Winner of an Award of Merit in the Christianity Today Book Awards, History/Biography category 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. Brilliantly researched and cogently argued, Sacred Scripture, Sacred War sheds new light on the American Revolution.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199987599
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Winner of an Award of Merit in the Christianity Today Book Awards, History/Biography category 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. Brilliantly researched and cogently argued, Sacred Scripture, Sacred War sheds new light on the American Revolution.
Author/title Catalog of Americana, 1493-1860, in the William L. Clements Library
Author: William L. Clements Library
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
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The Eighteenth Century
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
Author: Oliver Ayer Roberts
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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