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| Titre : | The Bible Tells Me So : Uses and Abuses of Holy Scriptures |
| Auteurs : | Jim Hill, Auteur ; Rand Cheadle, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | New York [USA] : Anchor Books (Doubleday), 1996 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-385-47695-9 |
| Format : | [ix] + 157 p. / ill. N&B |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Throughout history preachers, politicians and pundits have selectively used the Bible to reach often contradictory conclusions on the great issues of morality and politics: from women's rights, abortion, and celibacy for the clergy to war, civil rights, the environment, the separation of church and state - even appropriate hairstyles. Illustrated throughout, The Bible Tells Me So illuminates historical and current events where religion, politics, and power collide and Holy Scripture is used and abused to influence public opinion and policy. Now, as much as ever, those in control are convinced they have all the right answers. The Bible tells them so. |
| Note de contenu : |
- A Brief Guide to the Use and Abuse of Scriptures - Authors’ Notes - Acknowledgments PART ONE: PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN SOCIETY - To Justify Slavery / To Justify the Abolishment of Slavery / To Justify the Superiority of White Protestants / To Prove a Black Presence in the Bible / To Justify Civil Rights for African-Americans / To Persecute the Jews / To Define the Traditional Role of Women / To Provide Sanctuary to Political Refugees /To Empower and Liberate the Poor PART TWO: THE POWER OF THE CHURCH - To Accuse and Execute Women as Witches / To Support or Oppose the Ordination of Women / To Support or Oppose the Marriage of Priests PART THREE: BEHAVIOR - To Define and Punish the Crime of Sodomy / To Prevent Masturbation / To Oppose Abortion / To Justify the Physical Punishment of Children / To Regulate Clothing and Hairstyles PART FOUR: GUILT, CRIME, AND PUNISHMENT - To Assign Guilt for Disease / To Argue the Inferiority of Black Peoples / To Justify Discrimination, Intolerance, and Violence Toward Homosexuals / To Provide Spiritual Strength and Acceptance to Homosexuals / To Support or Oppose Capital Punishment / To Mistrust and Persecute Catholics PART FIVE: THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE - To Define the Terms of Marriage / To Control the Consumption of Alcohol / As Part of a Program of Recovery from Addiction / To Forbid Work and Commerce on Sundays / To Justify or Oppose Prayer in Public Schools PART SIX: SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND THE WORLD - To Oppose or Embrace Medical Science / To Oppose or Justify War / To Prove That the Earth Is the Center of the Universe / To Prove that God Created Man and the Universe / To Exploit or Save the Environment / To Predict the Time of the End of the World - Notes - Further Reading - Photo/illustration Sources |
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