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1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-275
Author(s):  
Peter Byrne
Keyword(s):  
David Hume ◽  
Early Republic ◽  
Thomas Hobbes ◽  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Open Court ◽  
Pierre Duhem

Authority, Identity, and the Bible in the Early Republic

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Seth Perry
Keyword(s):  
American Revolution ◽  
Early Republic ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Religious Authority ◽  
Joseph Smith ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Explicit Reference ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Revolutionary Period

This book examines “the authority of the Bible” in the decades after the American Revolution. The early post-revolutionary period has long been recognized by historians as a tumultuous era for both religion and politics. During these years, the Bible emerged as a source of symbols and models for the creation of authoritative relationships. The phrase “the authority of the Bible” was in reference to the Bible's status as a complicated site of contestation with respect to religious authority. This book explores the print-bible culture that made various forms of bible usage possible in the early Republic. It considers the authoritative importance of explicit reference to Protestant religious authority as an aspect of biblical facility, as well as the association of the Bible with political identity. Finally, it analyzes the place of print-bible culture, citationality, performance, and the scripturalization of biblically resonant visionary texts in earliest Mormonism, and more specifically Joseph Smith.

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