In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783

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In the beginning of American history, the Word was in Spanish, Latin, and native languages like Nahuatal But while Spanish and Catholic Christianity reached the New World in 1492, it was only with the coming of the Mayflower that English language Bibles and Protestant Christendom arrived The Puritans brought with them intense devotion to Scripture, as well as their ideal of Christendom a civilization characterized by a thorough intermingling of the Bible with everything else That ideal began this country s journey from the Puritan s City on a Hill to the Bible quoting country the U.S remains to this day In the Beginning shows how important the Bible remained, even as that Puritan ideal changed considerably through the early stages of American history It is no exaggeration to claim that the Bible has been and by far the single most widely read text, distributed object, and cited or referenced book in all of American history Author Mark Noll shows how seventeenth century Americans received conflicting models of scriptural authority from Europe the Bible under Christendom high Anglicanism , the Bible over Christendom moderate Puritanism , and the Bible against Christendom Anabaptists, enthusiasts, Quakers In the eighteenth century, the colonists turned increasingly to the Bible against Christendom, a stance that fueled the Revolution against Anglican Britain and prepared the way for a new country founded on the separation of church and state One of the foremost scholars of American Christianity, Mark Noll brings a wealth of research and wisdom to In the Beginning This book is the first of a projected two volume study of the Bible in American history, and provides a sweeping, engaging, and insightful survey of the relationship between the Bible and public issues from the beginning of European settlement A seminal new work from a world class scholar, In the Beginning offers a fresh account of the contested, sometimes ambiguous, but definite biblical roots of American history. Download In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783 – kino-fada.fr 3.5 stars.This is a solid history of how early Americans, from Puritans to Anglicans to Roman Catholics to women to freedmen, thought of and used the Bible The research is impeccable, the writing lucid, and the conclusions compelling I downgrade it to 3.5 stars because it s a pretty dry book occasionally it starts to feel like you re just reading about different Americans saying the same stuff over and over again But I want to affirm nonetheless that this newest offering from Noll is 3.5 stars.This is a solid history of how early Americans, from Puritans to Anglicans to Roman Catholics to women to freedmen, thought of and used the Bible The research is impeccable, the writing lucid, and the conclusions compelling I downgrade it to 3.5 stars because it s a pretty dry book occasionally it starts to feel like you re just reading about different Americans saying the same stuff over and over again But I want to affirm non...An insightful examination of the place of the bible, both as an object and a source of ideas, in early American public life.A fascinating look at the role of the Bible in American religious history This is a must read for anyone interested in religion, and especially for hermeneutics Noll does an excellent job at highlighting just how difficult it has been to follow Sola Scriptura in an American religious context while it is a noble aspiration in real life and practice it meant many different things to different people One particular problem is that of the versification of Scripture which he states is the A fascinating look at the role of the Bible in American religious history This is a must read for anyone interested in religion, and especially for hermeneutics Noll does an excellent job at highlighting just how difficult it has been to follow Sola Scriptura in an American religious context while it is a noble aspiration in real life and practice it meant many different things to different people One particular problem is that of the versification of Scripture which he states is the perennial story of the Bible in America which created an essentially Enlightement framework allowing people to proof text...This book tells the story of how the Bible was set loose by the Reformation and the printing press in Europe then taken to America, where it saturated colonial life Noll does an excellent job of explaining Biblicism attempting to live by the Bible alone and how it shaped America during the colonial period First, it gave some colonists, most notably the New Englanders, their basis for government and personal life It informed everything they did New Englanders especially identified with This book tells the story of how the Bible was set loose by the Reformation and the printing press in Europe then taken to America, where it saturated colonial life Noll does an excellent job of explaining Biblicism attempting to live by the Bible alone and how it shape...This isof a scholarly work than popular history It succeeds in providing a detailed understanding of how the Bible was viewed and the role it had in society from the earliest American settlements of Europeans through the War of Independence.For those that insist that the United State was founded as a Christian Nation, the book is a good read as you will be confronted with just how complex the views of Christians in the colonies really were Likewise, the book does an excellent job of This isof a scholarly work than popular history It succeeds in providing a detailed understanding of how the Bible was viewed and the role it had in society from the earliest American settlements of Europeans through the War of Independence.For those that insist that the United State was founded as a Christian Nation, the book is a good read as you will be confronted with just how complex the views of Christians in the colonies really were Likewise, the book does an excellent job of showing how pervasive Bible themes and terms were for all people, whether they were what might be truly Christian or not If you were well read and well educated you almost by definition were also very familiar with the Bible.In the end, Bible was used to defend rebellion and to defend loyalty to Great Britain It was ...Short Review Noll is pretty much always helpful in understanding the complexity of history Many people like historians to simplify but history isn t simple This review of how early colonial Americans and to a lesser extent Catholic Spanish and Canadian colonialists understood and used scripture is helpful Quotes from early american religious or political leaders come up all the time in modern politics, but Noll does a good job placing those types of quotes in context This is a broad look, Short Review Noll is pretty much always helpful in understanding the complexity of history Many people like historians to simplify but history isn t simple This review of how early colonial Americans and to a lesser extent Catholic Spanish and Canadian colonialists understood and used scripture is helpful Quotes from early american religious or political leaders come up all the time in modern politics, but Noll does a good job placing those types of quotes in context This is a broad look, not just New England And Noll hits on many areas, slavery, understanding of the US destiny, relationship to Native Americans, political and religious diversity and leadership andI read this in conversation with God of Liberty A Religious History o...A few years ago I quized my colleagues It was Good Friday, so I asked them what we were celebrating They didn t know So I asked about Easter Only one person could connect the holiday to the resurrection Talk about Jaywalking We ve entered into an age of Biblical illiteracy, but it wasn t always this way I like Mark Noll, but this one was a little rarified Recommended if you re writing a research paper Dull for a read through Notes 1 blacks pursuing literacy to study Scripture 2 A few years ago I quized my colleagues It was Good Fri...This is a fantastic introduction to the bible in early America.Mark Noll, as he usually does, invites readers into the historical conversation about the way the Bible shaped and was shaped by early America He adeptly integrates historiography into a clear narrative of the shape of biblicism through the early centuries in North America He challenges simplistic views of the bible s place in this society as both shaping and being shaped by the powerful cultural forces slavery, relationships with This is a fantastic introduction to the bible in early America.Mark Noll, as he usually does, invites readers into the histo...Took me forever to slog through this book after putting it down many times Interesting if overly dry and quote filled look at how the Bible was viewed and used in early America and how that changed over time Just too many over long quotes and examples for any given point to make it enjoyable read.This is not a fast read, but well worth the effort, both for its historical content and also for its insight into how easily it is to read into eisegesis the bible instead of doing exegesis.

In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783
  • 17 November 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 448 pages
  • 0190263989
  • Mark A. Noll
  • In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783