Did They Believe the Revolutionary War Was Biblical and Just?
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The episode explores whether the American Revolutionary War was viewed as biblical and just by its leaders and supporters.
As we celebrate America’s 250th, this is a timely question to ask: Was the American Revolutionary war biblical and just – religiously permissible and religiously justifiable – in the minds of the leaders and colonists who fought in and supported it? It is our hope that by answering this question, each of us will be more effective stewards of religion’s role in the American experiment in self-government. Season 4, Episode 16 – Was the Revolutionary War Biblical and Just? Guest Bio Mark David Hall is professor at the Robertson School of Government at Regent University. He is renown scholar of early America, with expertise in Christianity’s role in the America’s experiment in self-government. Dr. Hall is also widely regarded as a leading student of religious liberty and church-state relations in America and is the author of many books including Proclaim Liberty Through All the Land: How Christianity Has Advanced Freedom and Equality for All Americans and Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth. SHOWNOTES: https://www.markdavidhall.org/ Podcast Support Scholarly support provided by Dr. Lauren Turek, Associate Professor of History at…
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