The Bible Cause
Subtitle: a history of the American Bible Society
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780190253066
Description: Endorsed in its time by Francis Scott Key, John Jay, and Theodore Roosevelt, the American Bible Society (ABS) is a seminar institution for American Protestants. The groups were founded in 1816 with the goal of distributing free copies of the Bible in local languages throughout the world. Today, the ABS is a Christian ministry based in Philadelphia with a $300 million endowment and a mission to engage 100 million Americans with the Bible by 2025. This work examines this topic. -- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: The Bible cause in America; title: The American Bible Society; title: Towards a Christian nation; title: A Bible for every American family; title: The business of benevolence; title: The Bible is the religion of Protestants; title: A Bible house divided; title: Rebuilding a Christian nation; title: The American Bible Society in an age of immigration; title: The Bible cause in the West; title: ABS in the Levant; title: The ABS in Mexico; title: China; title: The ABS and African Americans in the wake of reconstruction; title: The American Bible Society and the war to end all wars; title: The Bible in times of plenty and want; title: Perfect love casteth out fear; title: Bibles, not bombs; title: Asia; title: The Bible and one world; title: The Bible cause at home in a post-war world; title: God's word for a New Age; title: Catholics; title: Good news; title: More good news; title: The Bible cause in the worst of times; title: God and country; title: Engaging the Bible