The Bible and Social Reform, Or the Scriptures as a Means of Civilization (Classic Reprint)

The Bible and Social Reform, Or the Scriptures as a Means of Civilization (Classic Reprint)

Author: Ransom Hebbard Tyler

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-24

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780331833041

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Excerpt from The Bible and Social Reform, or the Scriptures as a Means of Civilization Tan following pages have been penned in snatches of time, taken from a legal practice, not the most limited, and under circumstances not the best cal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The Contrast; Bible and Abolitionism

The Contrast; Bible and Abolitionism

Author: William Graham

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-14

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780364551486

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Excerpt from The Contrast; Bible and Abolitionism: An Exegetical Arguement Puic opinion is now regarded as the great instrument of moral and social reform. Its power in a Government dike ours, cannot be questioned, but we may doubt whether its use is beneficial to the community. The public opinion of modern times, is the opinion of a few, diffused, with great effort, through the multitude; it is manufactured with reference to a specific resuIt may be proper to add - that the substance of this argument was 3. Speech in the Synod of Cincinnati, (new School) at its late meeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Transforming Scriptures

Transforming Scriptures

Author: Katherine Clay Bassard

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 082033880X

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Transforming Scriptures is the first sustained treatment of African American women writers' intellectual, even theological, engagements with the book Northrop Frye referred to as the “great code” of Western civilization. Katherine Clay Bassard discusses how such texts respond as a collective “literary witness” to the use of the Bible for purposes of social domination.