{"product_id":"exodus-and-liberation-deliverance-politics-from-john-calvin-to-martin-luther-king-jr-hardcover-1","title":"Exodus and Liberation: Deliverance Politics from John Calvin to Martin Luther King Jr. - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Coffey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiblical texts have been one of the most potent sources in the Western political imagination. Presenting a new account of how the Bible's liberationist texts were deployed and disputed at critical junctures in British and American history from the Reformation to the Civil Rights Movement, \u003cem\u003e Exodus and Liberation\u003c\/em\u003e argues that the Exodus story carried one of the big ideas in Anglophone political culture - the idea of deliverance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 16th century, Calvinist rebels and reformers identified with Old Testament Israel as they sought liberation from \"popish bondage.\" The Puritan Revolution of 1640-60 was depicted as England's Exodus, provoking a fierce contest for control of the biblical story. In the Glorious Revolution and the American Revolution, Protestants turned the Exodus narrative and deliverance language against \"political slavery.\" Revolutionary rhetoric exposed the contradiction between libertarian ideology and black chattel slavery. Abolitionists forged a theology of liberation, articulated in resonant biblical mottoes: \"Let my People Go!\", \"Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land,\" \"Break every Yoke\", \"Release the Oppressed.\" African Americans cast themselves as the Children of Israel, forging a distinct identity and throwing into question the scriptural construction of the United States. Black migrations to the North were imagined as journeys to the Promised Land, and black Exodus politics\u003cbr\u003eclimaxed in the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. Among American statesmen, foreign policy rhetoric continued to yoke Providence to Liberation. By the 21st century, both George W. Bush and Barack Obama laid claim to the Exodus story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing sermons, speeches, pamphlets, song, verse, and iconography, \u003cem\u003eExodus and Liberation\u003c\/em\u003e documents the extraordinary reach of these biblical traditions, demonstrating how the political reading of scriptural texts powerfully informed Protestant debates over slavery and liberty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coffey \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Early Modern History, University of Leicester. He is the author of \u003cem\u003ePersecution and Toleration in Protestant England, 1558-1689\u003c\/em\u003e and the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Puritanism and Seeing Things Their Way: Intellectual History and the Return of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e, among other works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562765095008,"sku":"9780199334223","price":160.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/RjlOU01YdWJ2d0x0ZHlTY3FBSHRiZz09.webp?v=1770371788","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/exodus-and-liberation-deliverance-politics-from-john-calvin-to-martin-luther-king-jr-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}