The Bible and Social Reform

• Author(s): Ernest Robert Sandeen,
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Pages: 184
• ISBN_10: 1589834666
  ISBN_13: 9781589834668
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Studies / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology of Religion ,

Description:... This final volume in The Bible in American Culture series published to celebrate the Society of Biblical Literature's centennial focuses on the complexity of biblical influence upon social movements ranging from early American missions to the involvement of Black Churches in the quest for civil rights. Essays cover abolition and the Bible, the social gospel, and the position of women in the church.