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Author:
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
Title:
The book of books : the radical impact of the King James Bible, 1611-2011 / Melvyn Bragg.
Publisher:
Counterpoint,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Bible.--English.--Authorized--Influence.
Bible.--English.--Authorized--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
From Hampton Court to New England. The scope of it ; The road to 1611 ; The foundation is laid ; The King James Version is commissioned ; The four companies ; The Mayflower and the Covenant ; The Bible in the Civil Wars (1642-51) ; The new map ; The Great Awakening -- The impact on culture. The Royal Society (1660) ; early modern science and the Bible ; Language ; The Bible itself as literature ; From Shakespeare : the bible and literature (1) ; American literature and the twentieth century : the Bible and literature (2) ; The eighteenth-century Enlightenment ; The matter of Richard Dawkins : the new Enlightenment ; Mary Wollstonecraft and William Wilberforce -- The impact on society. Slavery and the Civil War in America (1) ; Slavery and the Civil War in America (2) ; The Bible and education ; On a mission around the world ; The Bible and sex ; The Bible and women ; Christian socialism and the social gospel ; The Bible and democracy.
ISBN:
1582437815
9781582437811
OCLC:
(OCoLC)707255711
LCCN:
2011012432
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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