How the Bible has formed the American church

A magazine forty years in the making.

Second in a two-part series of the Bible in America

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As American Christians have prayed, worshiped with, and studied the Bible, they have often wrestled over how to interpret it

A version for every taste and reading level

Preaching from the Word during American awakenings 

Using the Bible to convert and edify

How Nineteenth-Century Sunday Schools emphasized the Bible

A new way to study

Women interpreting the Bible

How American Christians have interpreted, sung from, studied, taught, and sometimes fought over the Bible

Singing Scripture through hymns

The story of Bible translations in America centers around the KJV

Flames of hatred engulfed St. Michael’s and St. Augustine’s

The Bible in indigenous languages

How “higher criticism” developed, came to America, and provoked a response

teachers, Translators, and theologians whose ideas echo into the present 

Some popular websites dedicated to making free Bible texts and resources available.

Use these questions on your own or in a group to reflect on how the Bible has formed you and your church.

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