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Subjects:

Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
Christianity and politics -- History.
Exodus, The.
Bible. Exodus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Exodus.
Christianity and politics.
Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199334223 (alk. paper)
0199334226 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

848267519