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Author Fea, John, author.

Title The Bible cause : a history of the American Bible Society / John Fea
Edition First edition
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016

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Contents The Bible cause in America -- The American Bible Society -- Towards a Christian nation -- A Bible for every American family -- The business of benevolence -- The Bible is the religion of Protestants -- A Bible house divided -- Rebuilding a Christian nation -- The American Bible Society in an age of immigration -- The Bible cause in the West -- ABS in the Levant -- The ABS in Mexico -- China -- The ABS and African Americans in the wake of reconstruction -- The American Bible Society and the war to end all wars -- The Bible in times of plenty and want -- Perfect love casteth out fear -- Bibles, not bombs -- Asia -- The Bible and one world -- The Bible cause at home in a post-war world -- God's word for a New Age -- Catholics -- Good news -- More good news -- The Bible cause in the worst of times -- God and country -- Engaging the Bible
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 11, 2016)
Subject American Bible Society -- History
SUBJECT American Bible Society fast
Subject RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190253073
019025307X
9780190253097
0190253096