America's book : the rise and decline of a Bible civilization, 1794-1911 / Mark A. Noll.
| Author/creator |
Noll, Mark A., 1946- |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xii, 846 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Religion |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Abstract | "This book shows how the Bible decisively shaped American national history even as that history decisively influenced the use of Scripture. It explores the rise of a strongly Protestant Bible civilization in the early United States that was then fractured by debates over slavery, contested by growing numbers of non-Protestant Americans (Catholics, Jews, agnostics), and torn apart by the Civil War. Scripture survived as a significant, though fragmented, force in the more religiously plural period from Reconstruction to the early twentieth century. Throughout, the book pays special attention to how the same Bible shone as hope for black Americans while supporting other Americans who justified white supremacy"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021051250 |
| ISBN | 9780197623466 (hardback) |
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