Religion and the New Republic

Faith in the Founding of America

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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A collection of the country's most respected historians, philosophers, and theologians examines the role of religion in the founding of the United States. This collection of never before published essays, originally delivered at the Library of Congress, presents the most original and recent scholarship on a topic that still generates considerable controversy. Anyone interested in colonial history, religion and politics, and the relationship between church and state will benefit by reading this important new book.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-02-15
Mått:154 x 237 x 18 mm
Vikt:417 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:9780847694334

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James H. Hutson is chief of the manuscript division at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

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'Can an atheist be a good American?' Religion and the New Republic is a quite helpful and scholarly presentation of various ways to answer this important historical question.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 "A Most Mild and Equitable Establishment of Religion": John Adams and the Massachusetts Experiment Chapter 2 The Use and Abuse of Jefferson's Statute: Separating Church and State in Ninteenth-Century Virginia Chapter 3 Thomas Jefferson, a Mammoth Cheese, and the "Wall of Separation Between Church and State" Chapter 4 The Revolution in the Churches: Women's Religious Activism in the Early American Republic Chapter 5 Evangelicals in the American Founding and Evangelical Political Mobilization Today Chapter 6 The Influence of Judaism and Christianity on the American Founding Chapter 7 Why Revolutionary America Wasn't a "Christian Nation"