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The surprising career of Joseph Smith's famous bookLate one night in 1823, Joseph Smith, Jr., was reportedly visited in his family's farmhouse in upstate New York by an angel named Moroni. According to Smith, Moroni told him of a buried stack of gold plates that were inscribed with a history of the Americas' ancient peoples, and which would restore the pure Gospel message as Jesus had delivered it to them. Thus began the unlikely career of the...

Voyage to the Moon' And Other Imaginary Lunar Flights of Fancy in Antebellum America gathers together four moon voyage stories published by Americans prior to the Civil War. Included in this scholarly critical edition are the works of University of Virginia professor George Tucker, literary magazine author and editor Edgar Allan Poe, newspaper editor Richard Adams Locke, and scientist and medical educator John Leonard Riddell. Along with a gen...

Informative overview and analysis of the Bible in America in specific historical moments such as the founding of the nation and the Civil War~Discusses Bible's relationship to specific institutions such as politics and the schools~Explores the Bible's role in cultural expressions~Considers the Bible's influence in a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors, and US politics and foreign policy

Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was one of nineteenth-century America's leading theologians, whom some have called the "Pope of Presbyterianism. " Paul Gutjahr's book is the first modern critical biography of this towering figure.

A fascinating journey through the history of the Bible in America, unprecedented in its scope, erudition, and imagination."--Jon Butler, Yale University "This pathbreaking study of the production of Bibles in the early history of the United States is a splendid effort in every way."--Mark A. Noll, Wheaton College

A fascinating journey through the history of the Bible in America, unprecedented in its scope, erudition, and imagination."--Jon Butler, Yale University"This pathbreaking study of the production of Bibles in the early history of the United States is a splendid effort in every way."--Mark A. Noll, Wheaton College

How typography conveys and affects meaning from the Bible to comic books