James P. Byrd

James P. Byrd earned his master's degree at Duke University and his Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University. His research interests center on religion, violence, and the Bible in American history. His latest book is Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013). He has recently completed a book on the Bible and the American Civil War, also under contract with Oxford University Press.