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transafroatlantic · 5 years
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American Zion : The Old Testament as a Political Text from the Revolution to the Civil War
Shalev, Eran. American Zion: The Old Testament as a Political Text from the Revolution to the Civil War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.
Keywords: biblical republicanism, pseudobiblicism
Shalev explores the use of the Old Testament in shaping the politics of the early republic and the negotiation of nationhood. What role does the Hebrew Bible have in the formation of the early American republic? Shalev’s focus on ‘chosenness’ establishes the unraveling of theology that shapes social-politics of early American religious groups. Its influence results in a “Christian-Republican synthesis,”  a fusion of “evangelical Protestantism, republican ideology, and commonsense moral reasoning.” He also highlights Israel's “republican” phase. The connection between the early American republic and Israel was more than metaphorical. The text offers a salient example of nation-building patterned after the building of Israel and in effect, gives language to the project. For example, understanding civil corruption through the lens of the biblical text. This text helps us re-examine the roots of modern American politics through the lens of Old Testamentism. 
“Politics as religion in the early republic.”
One significant theme is the reticence toward modernity and the sort of nostalgia for Hebraic thought.  The relationship between the OT and early American republic distances it from Europe. Another is the use of language in reifying politics. For example, Shalev examines the use of the King James Bible (specifically, the use of certain suffixes) to establish truth claims and reify authoritative status. In regard to Joseph Smith, this is significant because of his background in folk religion/being untrained however the use of the Old Testament opened up new theological avenues. 
The use of biblical language outside of religious sources didn’t suggest a “straight forward path to secularization.” Instead, their uses indicate a shift in religious attitudes and their contribution to the American project. How does this relate to sacred time? The concept of sacred time, in that Americans, wrote themselves into biblical history through the use of biblical texts, undergirds this project, manifested in the form of ‘Manifest Destiny’. The practice of what Shalev calls ‘pseudo-biblicism’ conditioned Americans to read their history through a biblical lens, designating the United States as a ‘biblical nation’. The Book of Mormon incorporates aspects of this tradition, making plain creation/revelation and its reception. Questions: What is the significance of a historical God (or one that intervenes in history) in the formation of the early American republic? 
What connection can I make between Smith, pseudo-biblicism, and modernity? 
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tamilnewstamil · 6 years
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பீகார் கல்வித்துறை அலட்சியம்- பிளஸ்2 தேர்வில் முழு மதிப்பெண்ணை விட கூடுதலாக பெற்ற மாணவர்கள்
பீகார் கல்வித்துறை அலட்சியம்- பிளஸ்2 தேர்வில் முழு மதிப்பெண்ணை விட கூடுதலாக பெற்ற மாணவர்கள்
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பீகார் பள்ளி தேர்வு வாரியம் 12-ம் வகுப்புக்கான தேர்வு முடிவுகளை நேற்று வெளியிட்டது. அதில் தேர்வு எழுதிய மாணவர்கள் சிலருக்கு தாங்கள் எழுதிய தேர்வின் மொத்த மதிப்பெண்ணைக் காட்டிலும், கூடுதல் மதிப்பெண் வழங்கப்பட்டதால் மாணவர்கள்…
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transafroatlantic · 5 years
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No Man Knows My History: the Life of Joseph Smith, The Mormon Prophet
Brodie, Fawn McKay. No Man Knows My History; the Life of Joseph Smith, The Mormon Prophet. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1945.
Brodie indicates a nativeness to Smith’s origins. This relates back to the Book of Mormon being an American story. She relates the Mack family to unconventional upbringing which may have played a role in Smith’s theological formation and religious imagination.  “As religious dissenters, they believed more in the integrity of individual religious experience than in the tradition of any organized sect.”
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