{"product_id":"sacred-scripture-sacred-war-the-bible-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","title":"Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames P. Byrd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of an Award of Merit in the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Book Awards, History\/Biography category\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn January 17, 1776, one week after Thomas Paine published his incendiary pamphlet \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense, \u003c\/em\u003e Connecticut minister Samuel Sherwood preached an equally patriotic sermon. \"God Almighty, with all the powers of heaven, are on our side,\" Sherwood said, voicing a sacred justification for war that Americans would invoke repeatedly throughout the struggle for independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSacred Scripture, Sacred War\u003c\/em\u003e, James Byrd offers the first comprehensive analysis of how American revolutionaries defended their patriotic convictions through scripture. Byrd shows that the Bible was a key text of the American Revolution. Indeed, many colonists saw the Bible as primarily a book about war. They viewed God as not merely sanctioning violence but actively participating in combat, playing a decisive role on the battlefield. When war came, preachers and patriots alike turned to scripture 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 gave Americans a sense of the divine providence of their cause. Many histories of the Revolution have noted the connection between religion and war, but \u003cem\u003eSacred Scripture, Sacred War\u003c\/em\u003e is the first to provide a detailed analysis of specific biblical texts and how they were used, \u003cbr\u003eespecially in making the patriotic case for war. Combing through more than 500 wartime sources, which include more than 17,000 biblical citations, Byrd shows precisely how the Bible shaped American war, and how war in turn shaped Americans' view of the Bible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly researched and cogently argued, \u003cem\u003eSacred Scripture, Sacred War\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on the American Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames P. Byrd\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of American Religious History and Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eJonathan Edwards for Armchair Theologians \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Challenges of Roger Williams. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255610007654,"sku":"9780190697563","price":65.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bGJZaElUcmtKRk1OaGFtQTQ1NXZkUT09.webp?v=1773669083","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/sacred-scripture-sacred-war-the-bible-and-the-american-revolution-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}