While scholars increasingly recognize the importance of religion
throughout American history, The Bible in American Law and Politics
is the first reference book to focus on the key role that the Bible
has played in American public life. In considering revolting from
Great Britain, Americans contemplated whether this was consistent
with scripture. Americans subsequently sought to apply Biblical
passages to such issues as slavery, women's rights, national
alcoholic prohibition, issues of war and peace, and the like.
American presidents continue to take their oath on the Bible. Some
of America's greatest speeches, for example, Lincoln's Second
Inaugural and William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold speech, have
been grounded on Biblical texts or analogies. Today, Americans
continue to cite the Bible for positions as diverse as LGBTQ
rights, abortion, immigration, welfare, health care, and other
contemporary issues. By providing essays on key speeches, books,
documents, legal decisions, and other writings throughout American
history that have sought to buttress arguments through citations to
Scriptures or to Biblical figures, John Vile provides an
indispensable guide for scholars and students in religion, American
history, law, and political science to understand how Americans
throughout its history have interpreted and applied the Bible to
legal and political issues.
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