Tag: John Calvin
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The King James Bible
Translating as a Political Act Glen Edward Taul Lecture, 400th Anniversary Celebration of the King James Bible Campbellsville University October 6, 2011 It was not part of the agenda. The delegates to the Hampton Court Conference had not gathered on a wintery day to argue for another English translation of the Bible. They convened, at…
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King James Bible at 400 900 Years of Getting the Bible into “English”
An Illustrated Lecture Joel F. Drinkard, Jr. Lecture, 400th Anniversary Celebration of the King James Bible Campbellsville University November 10, 2011 Introduction The year 2011 marked the 400th anniversary of the appearance of the King James Bible. This article looks back briefly at 900 years of historical Bible copying and translating, the 900 years before…
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The Invisible Power of Culture to Oppress: What Every Christian Needs to Know about Gender Justice
Mimi Haddad Lecture, Christians for Biblical Equality Lecture Series Campbellsville University 1 September 2015 With astonishing tenacity, nearly every religious or philosophical tradition, including Christianity, has advanced the innate superiority of males throughout history. While women consistently provide the highest moral, spiritual and intellectual rescue,[1] it was not until the late 1700s that Christians, particularly…