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 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 was written. Again, even these two are not alone among their contemporaries in making this statement. Now, the bible is many things to the christian. Its gods word, the whole counsel of god, its a guiding lamp, a divine handbook for doctrine, reproof, correction,
In this presentation based on his latest book, james byrd shows that the bible was the key text of the American Revolution. When war came to the colonies, preachers and patriots alike turned to the bible not only for sol lous, but for exhortations to fight. Such scripture helped soldiers overcome their natural oversion to killing, conferred on those who died for the revolution the halo of martyrdom. In this session, dr. Byrd will examine specific text and how they were used especially in make the patriotic calls for war case for war. James byrd is chair of the graduate department of religion and associate professor of american religious history at vanderbilt university. His latest book is sacred scripture, ska cred war the bible and the merp revolution. Hes currently working on a book on the bible and the american civil war. Please join me in welcoming dr. Byrd. [ applause ] well thank you. Im so pleased to be here and to be joining in this important conversation at the museum of the b
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. Conferred on those who died for the revolution and he gave americans a sense of the Divine Providence of their calls. In this session, dr. Byrd will examine specific biblical text and how they were used especially in making the patriotic calls for war. James byrd is chair of ft graduate department of religion and associate professor for religion at vanderbilt university. The latest book is sacred scripture, sacred war. Join me in welcoming dr. Byrd. [ applause ] well, thank you. Im pleased to be here. A
I am manus cranny. A big day for greece. And the last hour, the government repaid 5. 8 billion euros of ecb, imf, and bank of greece. Angela merkel said she is prepared to talk about debt relief but ruled out any haircuts. Chancellor merkel greece is in relief, private creditors allowed in debt cuts with lower Interest Rates. We can consider as they are part of the mandate was the program has been review successfully, we will discuss that very question. Manus the banks have reopen today after being shut for 2 weeks. Lets put in context with our reporters. Elliott got been and Paul Elliott Goggin and paul gordon. The banks open, a little bit of a rush. What is the feeling of the street . Reporter you will see another lazy day in agrees. Security guards having a little chat among themselves now looking particularly concerned anybody will vent their fury after not being given for access to their money. A real difference. Now you can take out 420 euros for the whole week. Over the course o
The standout story is what is happening in catalonia this morning. What else are we watching . Manus how a Civil Servants going to react to that declaration . The European Growth story is a story of amazing growth. An amazing growth. Growth. Azing a 14 premium. Out with exalted. Axalta. After axalta to cr to million beast. Italian news the on friday, that is adding to that sentiment. This is sterling. Is will mark carney deliver in terms of a rate hike . We have a guest say he was a major surprise if the bank did not hike this week given the recent signals. If there is one central bank that is not bothered about the concern, it is the bank of england. What kind of rate hike is priced and seems to be one and done. We can calculate the battery that sterling has taken. The brexit secretary, the complexion of the cabinets, what is going to happen in terms of the political benches in parliament. These are december futures. Pretty much unchanged. It will be down to what the bank of england d