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Every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter at cspan history for information on our schedule, and to keep up with the latest history news. For the newck live museum of the bible in washington dc washington, d. C. , for symposium on bible and founding of america. Professor james byrd talks about the bible and the American Revolution. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. Hello everyone and welcome back. Moment to silence your cell phones as you return to your tables. Our Third Session...

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 he gave americans a sense of the Divine Providence of their calls. In this session dr. Byrd will examine specific biblical texts aened how they were umaking the patriotic case for war. James byrd is associate professor of american religious history at vanderbilt university. His latest book is sacred scrip...

Peter and paul still say that the king is the minister to all, the minister of god, a revenger on those who do evil. So the message some of these loyalists said was, obey all rulers, even the bad ones. Respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. So what you call patriotism is really just ambition. Its selfishness in disguise. And all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. Now what about the patriotic argument . What are the patriots going to do with texts like fear g...

Respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. So what you call patriotism is really just ambition. Its selfishness in disguise. And all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. Now what about the patriotic argument . What are the patriots going to do with texts like fear god and honor the king . What are the patriots going to do with texts that say that the Civil Authority are the revengers of god on wrongdoers, obey them just as if youre obeying god . What can you do wi...

Text of the American Revolution when war came to the colonies, preachers and patriots alike turned to the bible 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 he gave americans the sense of Divine Providence of their calls. In this session he will examine specific biblical texts in how they were used for making the patriotic calls for ...