Exodus and liberation : deliverance politics from John Calvin to Martin Luther King Jr. /
Coffey, John,1969-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index.
Introduction : "Biblical traditions that call for liberation" -- "The only parallel" : the Puritan revolution as England's exodus -- "God's favourite people" : the revolutions of 1688 and 1776 -- "Pretended votaries of freedom" : the rise of Protestant antislavery to 1807 -- "Yours for the jubilee" : the abolitionists' scriptural imagination, 1808-1865 -- "When Israel was in Egyptland" : black exodus politics, 1808-1865 -- "I have seen the promised land" : the persistence of deliverance politics, 1865-2008 -- Conclusion : sacred texts, godly readers, and historical change.
Liberty
Christianity and politics
Exodus, The.