The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation

by Stephen Prothero

Book Overview

The New York Time s bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One presents a provocative crash course in the great "American scriptures"--those texts that have both divided and defined our understanding of what it is to be American. Stephen Prothero gives readers an exciting and user-friendly introduction to American cultural history in The American Bible . Highlighting the touchstones of our collective cultural legacy, from Thomas Paine's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062123432
• ISBN13: 9780062123435
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.1"