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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...

Who died in the revolution, the halo of martyrdom. It gave america the sense of their defined call. Dr. Berg examines specific biblical texts and how they were used, especially in making the patriotic policy of war. Chair of the graduate department of religion and associate professor of america and religions history. His latest book is sacred scripture, sacred war. He is currently working on a book on the bible and the american civil war. Join me in welcoming him. [applause] i am so pleased to b...

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...

Reading. Right . Its not exactly what im thinking when i pick up the bible. But hes not alone. Hes not alone among his contemporaries in making this claim. I have some language here from john dickinson, a founder we should all be more familiar with, somewhat forgotten in our own time, but he was acclaimed in his own time as the penman of the revolution. On more than one occasion he makes almost precisely this same statement. Here i have him saying the bible is the most republican book that ever ...

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 ...

Book in the world, the most republican book in the world. Now, i have picked up my bible thousands of times over the course of my life, but ive got to be honest with you, ive never once picked it up and said now for some good republican reading. Right . Its not exactly what im thinking when i pick up the bible. But hes not alone. Hes not alone among his contemporaries in making this claim. I have some language here from john dickinson, a founder we should all be more familiar with, somewhat forg...

Whether they believed it was the word of god. This talk was part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington, d. C. It is 45 minutes. Our Third Session today is the bible and the American Revolution with james byrd. In this presentation based on his latest book, he shows that the bible was a key text of the American Revolution when war came to the colonies, preachers and patriots turned to the bible for solace and exhortations to fight. Such scripture helped soldiers. Conferre...

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My name is nathan but 3 and i will be your host for an hour here. I want to welcome everybody who is watching on booktv to the southern festival of books sponsored by humanities tennessee. I want to say thank you to all those who donate, your individual donations make this event possible. Thank you very much. If you would like to make a donation see me afterwards and i can introduce you to the right people who would love to talk to you. A little bit of housekeeping. I will going to introduce our...