City on a Hill

Reading the Bible Politically, Pt. 2

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In this episode, we discuss how the Bible was used in churches, by ministers on both sides, to inflame political fervor during the Civil War!

NOTES:

Here are the two books that motivated this episode.

  • The Civil War as a Theological Crisis by Mark Noll
  • A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood by James P. Byrd

    • RECAP/TAKEAWAYS:

    • Both sides of the Civil War tried to lay claim to the Patriot's heritage. Both used Scripture to tie into the Spirit of the Revolution.
    • The same issues that colored Biblical interpretation in the time of the Revolution colored interpretation in the Civil War. The belief that America had a special place in God's program or a special relationship to him and an anti-authoritarian bias.
    • The Bible could not settle the matter of slavery. The South relied on individual passages of Scripture as proof the Bible approved of slavery. The abolitionist relied on more general theology, like the implications of the image of God, to prove the evils of slavery.

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