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Film, Video The Bible in Public Life

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Title

  • The Bible in Public Life

Summary

  • A panel of scholars examined the Bible's influence on early American thinkers such as Thomas Paine, 19th-century African-American women, English translators of the text and writers using scriptural quotations in newspaper articles. As part of their discussion, the scholars will also highlight resources found in the archives of the Library of Congress.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-06-07.

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Paul Gutjahr, Lincoln Mullen, Valerie Cooper, Mark Noll.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-06-07.
  • -  Paul Gutjahr is Ruth Halls professor of English at Indiana University and editor of the "Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America."
  • -  Lincoln Mullen is assistant professor of History and Art History at George Mason University and author of the forthcoming book, "America's Public Bible: Biblical Quotations in U.S. Newspapers."
  • -  Valerie Cooper is associate professor of religion and society and black church studies at Duke Divinity School and author of "Word, Like Fire: Maria Stewart, the Bible and the Rights of African Americans."
  • -  Mark Noll is Francis A. McAnaney professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and author of "In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783."

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021692406

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Bible in Public Life. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-07, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692406/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2018) The Bible in Public Life. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-07. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692406/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Bible in Public Life. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-07, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021692406/>.