Scott Carr, Jr.
Augustine 2020: The Nation of Israel
So how should we read the Old Testament passages addressed to the nation of Israel? We need to see that they are specifically addressed to I
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Aug 4, 20205 min read
Augustine 2020: In God We Trust?
"Civic theology" is how faith is talked about in politics. How do we think about America's Christian heritage? What is good about Christia
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Oct 1, 20182 min read
The Crisis of Providence and the Civil War
Not only did antebellum Americans have “an implicit trust that the Bible was a plain book whose authoritative deliverances could be...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Sep 27, 20182 min read
Biblical Interpretation Knocking on the Door of the Civil War
In the years preceding the Civil War, the Bible functioned as the “most influential cultural force” of the young country” [1]. Americans...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Sep 13, 20182 min read
Baptizing Colonialism
In early Virginia, baptism’s connection to freedom was used as an appeal for freeing slaves (Goetz 99). Planters recognized “baptism...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
Sep 4, 20182 min read
Hereditary Heathenism
In The Baptism of Early Virginia, Rebecca Anne Goetz outlines conceptions of race in colonial Virginia, particularly the concept of...
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