Sacred borders: continuing revelation and canonical restraint in early America

"A Bible with the back cover torn off" : an introduction -- Policing the borders, or, how independent ministers rode the canonical range -- Good rulers and better books -- Prophets, presidents, and papists : canonical considerations of the early republic -- Faith, doubt, and the penning of...

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Main Author: Holland, David F. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York [u.a.] Oxford University Press c2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:The myth of American religious freedom. By David Sehat. Pp. ix+356. New York–Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. £18.99. 978 0 19 538876 3 - Sacred borders. Continuing revelation and canonical restraint in early America. By David F. Holland. Pp. ix+286. New York–Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. £40. 978 0 19 975361 1 (2012) (Thuesen, Peter J.)
Review: Sacred Borders: Continuing Revelation and Canonical Restraint in Early America, by David F. Holland (2012) (Adams, George)
Series/Journal:Religion in America series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Bible / Canon / History 1650-1900
Further subjects:B United States Church history
B United States Religion 19th century
B Bible Canon
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Summary:"A Bible with the back cover torn off" : an introduction -- Policing the borders, or, how independent ministers rode the canonical range -- Good rulers and better books -- Prophets, presidents, and papists : canonical considerations of the early republic -- Faith, doubt, and the penning of scripture -- "Arguments for the possibility are good" -- Conclusion: A border breached, a God sought, a boundary reinforced
Item Description:Literaturangaben
Physical Description:286 S., Ill., 25 cm
ISBN:019975361X

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