Ballot and the Bible – How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Pursue a Biblical Basis for Your Political Engagement How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn from America's history of using the Bible in politics? How can we converse with people whose views differ from our own?In The Ballot and the Bible, Kaitlyn Schiess explores these questions and more. She unpacks examples of how Americans have connected the Bible to politics in the past, highlighting times it was applied well and times it was egregiously misused. Schiess combines American political history and biblical interpretation to help readers ● faithfully read Scripture● talk with others about it● apply it to contemporary political issues--and to their lives★ "A nuanced look at America's legacy of scriptural language."--Publishers Weekly starred reviewChristianity Today 2024 Book Award Finalist (Politics and Public Life)

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-17
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:666 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:9781587435966

Utforska kategorier

Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Kaitlyn Schiess (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is a writer, speaker, and theologian. She is the author of The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor and is a regular cohost on the Holy Post podcast with Skye Jethani and Phil Vischer. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Christianity Today, Christ and Pop Culture, Relevant, and Sojourners. Schiess is currently a doctoral student in political theology at Duke Divinity School. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsIntroduction: Is That Your Bible?1. A City on a Hill: An American Legacy of Puritan Biblical Interpretation2. Submission and Revolution: Romans 13 and American Identity3. "The Bible through Slave-Holding Spectacles": The Bible in the Civil War4. Your Kingdom Come: Social Gospel Hermeneutics5. A Stick of Dynamite: Civil Rights and Scripture6. Magic of the Market: The Hermeneutics of Small Government7. Late Great United States: Biblical Eschatology in the Cold War8. Prayer, Politics, and Personal Faith: George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's Use of Scripture9. "Give unto Caesar What Is Caesar's": Evangelicals and Trump10. Seek the Peace and Prosperity of the City: Jeremiah 29 and Political TheologyConclusion: The Promise and Peril of Biblical References in Politics