Making the Bible safe for democracy: american Methodists and the First World War
The article examines the depiction of the First World War in literature published by the Methodist Episcopal Church for Sunday Schools, mission societies, young people’s organizations and a general church readership. Methodist Episcopal Church authors highlighted the biblical themes of righteousness...
| Subtitles: | Special Fascicle: The Bible in America and Britain at War |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
De Gruyter
2017
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| In: |
Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-192 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ World War
/ Methodist Episcopal Church
/ Patriotism
/ Mission (international law
/ Righteousness
/ Self-sacrifice
/ Kingdom of God (motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Righteousness
B Kingdom of God B Harold Lynn Hough B First World War B Methodist Episcopal Church B Patriotism B Bishop Luther Wilson B Self-sacrifice B Methodist Episcopal publications B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | The article examines the depiction of the First World War in literature published by the Methodist Episcopal Church for Sunday Schools, mission societies, young people’s organizations and a general church readership. Methodist Episcopal Church authors highlighted the biblical themes of righteousness, Christ-like self-sacrifice, and the Kingdom of God as they justified American involvement in the Great War. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2017-0015 |