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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1405 The Battle Hymn of the Republic and American Righteousness

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Richard Gamble of Hillsdale College examines Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic -- its history and theology -- and how it fits into the American civil religion, whereby the United States government is the instrument of righteousness not only here at home but around the world as well.

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Show notes for Ep. 1405

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 14005.

0:03.1

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0:07.9

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0:14.4

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0:19.5

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0:28.3

Pick it up at wrongaboutguns.com. Hi, everybody. Tom Woods here. Richard Gamble is back with us today.

0:35.4

He's got a brand new book being released tomorrow, the day after I'm releasing this episode. So this is May 14th, 2019. Books coming up May 15th. It's published by Cornell University Press, and it's called A Fiery Gospel, the Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Road to Righteous War. Very interesting study. Richard Gamble is a professor of history and

0:55.4

holds the Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Chair in History and Politics at Hillsdale College.

1:00.9

His other books include The War for Righteousness, which we've talked about on this program,

1:05.3

subtitle Progressive Christianity, The Great War and the Rise of the Messianic Nation.

1:10.4

Also, another book we've talked about

1:11.8

on the show, In Search of the City on a Hill, The Making and Unmaking of an American Myth,

1:16.8

and also the book The Great Tradition, Classic Readings on What It Means to be an Educated Human Being.

1:22.5

I'll have his book linked and a link also to his faculty page at Hillsdale at Tom Woods.com slash 14005. Now, one quick

1:30.7

thing to tell you about once my conversation with Richard is finished, I do have a really great

1:37.4

announcement for you. So definitely stay tuned for that. Richard, welcome back. Thank you, Tom. Great to be

1:42.9

here. I've got a bunch of questions I

1:44.9

jotted down after reading your book. The first one, though, if you can't figure out the answer,

1:51.5

I'm happy to supply it for you, okay? What we've talked about on the show before are a couple of

1:56.2

your other books. We talked about your book analyzing the city on a hill imagery and how it's

2:00.5

been appropriated in American history. And then we've also talked about your book analyzing the city on a hill imagery and how it's been appropriated in American history.

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