The Bible and the American myth :
The Bible and the American myth : a symposium on the Bible and constructions of meaning
edited by Vincent L. Wimbush.
- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c1999.
- ix, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Studies in American biblical hermeneutics ; 16 .
- Studies in American biblical hermeneutics ; 16. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-188) and indexes.
Series Editor's Preface / Introduction. And the Students Shall Teach Them ... The Study of the Bible and the Study of Meaning Construction / The American Way and the Good Red Road. American Indians, the Christian Right, and the (De)Construction of American Religion / "It's a Small World ..." Abraham Lincoln, the New American Myth, and the Biblical Rhetoric of Unity / Charles Augustus Briggs, Modernism, and the Rise of Biblical Scholarship in Nineteenth-Century America / The Body as Reader. African-Americans, Freedom, and the American Myth / Children of the American Myth. David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and the American Bible / Heaven's Gate. Religious Outworldliness American Style / Coda. American Biblical Hermeneutics. Personal Observations on the Liquification of Biblical Studies / Charles Mabee -- Vincent L. Wimbush -- Andrea Smith -- Harold Rhee -- Doug Hill -- Kimberleigh Jordan -- David Saul -- Rosamond Rodman -- Charles Mabee. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
0865546509 (pbk. : alk. paper)
99014470
Bible--Influence--Congresses.
Bible--Use--Congresses.
United States--Civilization--Congresses.
BS538.7 / .B543 1999
220/.0973
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-188) and indexes.
Series Editor's Preface / Introduction. And the Students Shall Teach Them ... The Study of the Bible and the Study of Meaning Construction / The American Way and the Good Red Road. American Indians, the Christian Right, and the (De)Construction of American Religion / "It's a Small World ..." Abraham Lincoln, the New American Myth, and the Biblical Rhetoric of Unity / Charles Augustus Briggs, Modernism, and the Rise of Biblical Scholarship in Nineteenth-Century America / The Body as Reader. African-Americans, Freedom, and the American Myth / Children of the American Myth. David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and the American Bible / Heaven's Gate. Religious Outworldliness American Style / Coda. American Biblical Hermeneutics. Personal Observations on the Liquification of Biblical Studies / Charles Mabee -- Vincent L. Wimbush -- Andrea Smith -- Harold Rhee -- Doug Hill -- Kimberleigh Jordan -- David Saul -- Rosamond Rodman -- Charles Mabee. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
0865546509 (pbk. : alk. paper)
99014470
Bible--Influence--Congresses.
Bible--Use--Congresses.
United States--Civilization--Congresses.
BS538.7 / .B543 1999
220/.0973