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The Bible in Political Debate - What Does it Really Say? (Hardcover)
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The Bible in Political Debate - What Does it Really Say? (Hardcover)
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Politicians and pundits regularly invoke the Bible in social and
political debates on a host of controversial social and political
issues, including: abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage, the
death penalty, separation of church and state, family values,
climate change, income distribution, teaching evolution in schools,
taxation, school prayer, aid for the poor, and immigration. But is
the Bible often used out of context in these major debates? This
book includes essays by fourteen biblical scholars who examine the
use of the Bible in political debates, uncovering the original
historical contexts and meanings of the biblical verses that are
commonly cited. The contributors take a non-confessional approach,
rooted in non-partisan scholarship, to show how specific texts have
at times been distorted in order to support particular views. At
the same time, they show how the Bible can sometimes make for
unsettling reading in the modern day. The key questions remain:
What does the Bible really say? Should the Bible be used to form
public policy?
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