Faith of the founders : religion and the new nation 1776-1826
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Faith of the founders : religion and the new nation 1776-1826
Baylor University Press, c2011
Rev. and corr. ed. / with a new biliographical note and foreword [by Randall Balmer]
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Neither king nor prelate : religion and the new nation, 1776-1826
Faith of the founders : religion and the new nation
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Originally published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1993
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-190) and index
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Description
In the lauded Faith of the Founders , revered historian Edwin Gaustad provides a careful consideration of the developing relationship between religion and the state after the American Revolution. With concise focus on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams, Gaustad identifies seven varyingasometimes contraryaperspectives on religion that guided the nation's founders. Faith of the Founders masterfully shows how these figures possessed an intuitive understanding of religion that helped nourish a young country. Repackaged for a new generation of readers and with a new foreword by Randall Balmer, this brief but insightful book offers a look into the founding fathers' geniusaand points to a way forward through the ideological boundaries that threaten to upend the daily doings of American government today.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgement 1. An Introduction 2. The Colonies and Their Churches 3. The Libertarians: Jefferson and Madison 4. The Icons: Franklin and Washington 5. The Philosophes: Adams and Jefferson 6. The Churches and the People 7. Epilogue Appendix A. Major Documents Pertinent to Religion, 1785-1789 Appendix B. Selected State Declarations of Rights and Constitutions with Respect to Religion, 1776-1799 Notes Bibliographical Note Index
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