American Hebraism

My panel is called “People of God? The Role of Political Hebraism in America.”  The initial inspiration was Eric Nelson’s book The Hebrew Republic, but the papers are all broader, looking at the ways in which the Bible was used in and Israel was taken as a model for American politics.  Here’s the info:

Schedule Information:

Scheduled Time: Thu, Jan 12 – 3:00pm – 4:30pm  Building/Room: Hotel InterContinental, Pelican I Title Displayed in Event Calendar: People of God? The Role of Political Hebraism in America

Session Participants:

Chair: Glenn Moots (Northwood University) Our Providential Mission: The Shifting of America’s Hebraic Narrative Glenn Moots (Northwood University) Can All Christians be Good Americans? 19th Century Roman Catholics and Presbyterians in Doubt Steven Phillip Wedgeworth (Immanuel Presbyterian Church) Lincoln’s Biblical Oratory and the Coming of the Civil War Danilo Petranovich (Yale University) Political Hebraism in the American Twentieth Century: Exodus, the Kingdom of God, and the Return from Exile James Patterson (University of Virginia) Discussant: Chris Beneke (Bentley University) Discussant: Thomas Raymond Laehn (McNeese State University)