"This book examines the role of religion in shaping the social, cultural, and civic infrastructure of the antebellum Old Northwest. Between 1790 and 1850, waves of Anglo-Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants flooded the territories of the Northwest (Ohio, Indiana…
"This book examines the role of religion in shaping the social, cultural, and civic infrastructure of the antebellum Old Northwest. Between 1790 and 1850, waves of Anglo-Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants flooded the territories of the Northwest (Ohio, Indiana…
"This book examines the role of religion in shaping the social, cultural, and civic infrastructure of the antebellum Old Northwest. Between 1790 and 1850, waves of Anglo-Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants flooded the territories of the Northwest (Ohio, Indiana…
"This book examines the role of religion in shaping the social, cultural, and civic infrastructure of the antebellum Old Northwest. Between 1790 and 1850, waves of Anglo-Americans, African Americans, and European immigrants flooded the territories of the Northwest (Ohio, Indiana…
Forms of Attention: Time and Narrative in Ecphrasis -- When Size Matters: Erotics, the Epyllion, and Colluthus' Rape of Helen -- In the Beginning -- Preposterous Poetics and the Erotics of Death -- Strange Dogs: Joseph and Aseneth and The Dynamics of Transformation -- Life Forms…
How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book cha…
"How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book ch…
"How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book ch…
Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic, secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people today have little sense of how their lives have benefited from Christianity's influence, often viewing the church with hostility or resentment. Under the Influence is a…
The positive impact of Jesus Christ and his followers on Western culture cannot be overstated. Yet, ironically, today's marketplace of ideas fails to recognize the Christian foundation on which it is built. Christianity is popularly discredited by our pluralistic culture. The ov…
How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation" Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation." But the …
"Bible Nation tells the story of the Greens' rapid acquisition of an unparalleled collection of biblical antiquities; their creation of a closely controlled group of scholars to study and promote their collection; their efforts to place a Bible curriculum in public schools; and …
"Bible Nation tells the story of the Greens' rapid acquisition of an unparalleled collection of biblical antiquities; their creation of a closely controlled group of scholars to study and promote their collection; their efforts to place a Bible curriculum in public schools; and …
