In Discordance With the Scriptures American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bible

"Thuesen narrates a fascinating chapter in church history, as American Protestants belatedly confronted the difficulties of basing ecclesiastical authority on a sacred text when the very wording of that text had come into question....Not all readers will heed Thuesen's concluding appeal for a more aesthetic reading of Scripture....But no one who wants to understand the place of the Bible in American culture can ignore this book.Thuesen, Peter J. is the author of 'In Discordance With the Scriptures American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bible' with ISBN 9780195127362 and ISBN 0195127366.