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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Bible And The Founding Of America 20180223

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 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 with that . Is there anywhere you can go with that . Well, of course. Lets see. Jonathan mayhew, long before the revolution, concerning unlimited submission. That title is really helpful. And people like john adams cousins use this text and ma ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Bible And The Founding Of America 20180223

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 with that . Is there anywhere you can go with that . Well, of course. Lets see. Jonathan mayhew, long before the revolution, concerning unlimited submission. That title is really helpful. And people like john adams cousins use this text and many, many others. And lets thing about their argument. They say, look again at the historical context. Peter and paul, what they were really doing was making general statements about respecting authority ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Bible And The American Revolution 20180223

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 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, sacred war, the bible and the American Revolution. Hes currently working on a book on the bible and the
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