Sacred Scripture, Sacred War
The Bible and the American Revolution
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 14 September 2017
- ISBN 9780190697563
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages258 pages
- Size 231x155x15 mm
- Weight 363 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The American colonists who took up arms against the British fought in defense of the ''sacred cause of liberty.'' But it was not merely their cause but warfare itself that they believed was sacred. In Sacred Scripture, Sacred War, James P. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution.
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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.
Richly researched and drawing from copious amounts of primary material, Byrd's work opens up a previously undiscovered world to those seeking to understand the complicated relationship between America, war, and the Bible. This should be required reading for all those interested in understanding the congregational and hermeneutic roots of America's long love affair with both war and Scripture.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: "The Curse of Cowardice": The Martial Power of the Sermon
Chapter 2: "The Lord is a Man of War": Moses, the Exodus, and the Spirit of '76
Chapter 3: "Cursed Be He that Keepeth Back his Sword from Blood": Deborah, Jeremiah, and Prophetic Violence
Chapter 4: "Teacheth My Hands to War, and My Fingers to Fight: David's Revolutionary Heroism
Chapter 5: "The Liberty wherewith Christ hath Made Us Free": Peter, Paul, and Apostolic Patriotism
Chapter 6: "The Fierceness and Wrath of Almighty God": Revelation in the Revolution
Epilogue: An American Patriot's Bible
Appendix: Methodology
Index
Notes
