The Declaration was the defining statement of the American idea—the “why” of America. We would be founded not on race, ethnicity, or class, but on an idea—the Biblical idea that all men are created ...

To this list of intellectual influences, one must add the Bible — both the Hebraic and Christian biblical traditions. As the eminent scholar Martin E. Marty (a native of West Point, Nebraska) remarked ...

The different books that make up the Christian holy scripture, the Bible. The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature ...