Daniel L. Dreisbach is a professor at American University in Washington, D.C. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. He has written extensively on the intersection of religion, politics, and law in the American founding.

• Chapter One: Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers: An Introduction PART IChapter Two: The English Bible and American Public CultureChapter Three: The Bible in the Lives of the Founding FathersChapter Four: The Bible in the Political Discourse of the American Founding PART IIChapter Five: What Does God Require of Us?: Micah 6:8 in the Literature of the American Founding The Bible in American History 1: Creating a Great Seal for the New NationChapter Six: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants: The Bible, the Right of Resistance, and the American Revolution The Bible in American History 2: Benjamin Franklin's Call for Prayer in the Constitutional ConventionChapter Seven: The Exalted Nation: Proverbs 14:34 and the Characteristics of a Righteous People The Bible in American History 3: The First Prayer in CongressChapter Eight: When the Righteous Rule: Proverbs 29:2 and the Character of a Godly Magistrate The Bible in American History 4: Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Chapter Nine: Stand Fast in Liberty: The Use (and Misuse) of Biblical Symbols and Rhetoric of "Liberty" in the American Founding The Bible in American History 5: George Washington Takes the Presidential Oath of OfficeChapter Ten: Under Our Own Vine and Fig Tree: Creating an American Metaphor for Liberty in the New Nation AfterwordNotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

Dreisbach easily accomplishes the stated goal of his book, which is to illustrate that "the Bible was featured prominently in the political discourse of the American founding." No one could read it and come away with the attitude that the Bible is irrelevant as a source for understanding the political ideas of the American founding... Hopefully, this book will prompt further investigations into a question whose importance it has clearly established.

Daniel L. Dreisbach is a professor at American University in Washington, D.C. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. He has written extensively on the intersection of religion, politics, and law in the American founding.

• Chapter One: Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers: An Introduction PART IChapter Two: The English Bible and American Public CultureChapter Three: The Bible in the Lives of the Founding FathersChapter Four: The Bible in the Political Discourse of the American Founding PART IIChapter Five: What Does God Require of Us?: Micah 6:8 in the Literature of the American Founding The Bible in American History 1: Creating a Great Seal for the New NationChapter Six: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants: The Bible, the Right of Resistance, and the American Revolution The Bible in American History 2: Benjamin Franklin's Call for Prayer in the Constitutional ConventionChapter Seven: The Exalted Nation: Proverbs 14:34 and the Characteristics of a Righteous People The Bible in American History 3: The First Prayer in CongressChapter Eight: When the Righteous Rule: Proverbs 29:2 and the Character of a Godly Magistrate The Bible in American History 4: Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Chapter Nine: Stand Fast in Liberty: The Use (and Misuse) of Biblical Symbols and Rhetoric of "Liberty" in the American Founding The Bible in American History 5: George Washington Takes the Presidential Oath of OfficeChapter Ten: Under Our Own Vine and Fig Tree: Creating an American Metaphor for Liberty in the New Nation AfterwordNotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

Dreisbach easily accomplishes the stated goal of his book, which is to illustrate that "the Bible was featured prominently in the political discourse of the American founding." No one could read it and come away with the attitude that the Bible is irrelevant as a source for understanding the political ideas of the American founding... Hopefully, this book will prompt further investigations into a question whose importance it has clearly established.

Daniel L. Dreisbach is a professor at American University in Washington, D.C. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. He has written extensively on the intersection of religion, politics, and law in the American founding.

• Chapter One: Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers: An Introduction PART IChapter Two: The English Bible and American Public CultureChapter Three: The Bible in the Lives of the Founding FathersChapter Four: The Bible in the Political Discourse of the American Founding PART IIChapter Five: What Does God Require of Us?: Micah 6:8 in the Literature of the American Founding The Bible in American History 1: Creating a Great Seal for the New NationChapter Six: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants: The Bible, the Right of Resistance, and the American Revolution The Bible in American History 2: Benjamin Franklin's Call for Prayer in the Constitutional ConventionChapter Seven: The Exalted Nation: Proverbs 14:34 and the Characteristics of a Righteous People The Bible in American History 3: The First Prayer in CongressChapter Eight: When the Righteous Rule: Proverbs 29:2 and the Character of a Godly Magistrate The Bible in American History 4: Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Chapter Nine: Stand Fast in Liberty: The Use (and Misuse) of Biblical Symbols and Rhetoric of "Liberty" in the American Founding The Bible in American History 5: George Washington Takes the Presidential Oath of OfficeChapter Ten: Under Our Own Vine and Fig Tree: Creating an American Metaphor for Liberty in the New Nation AfterwordNotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

Dreisbach easily accomplishes the stated goal of his book, which is to illustrate that "the Bible was featured prominently in the political discourse of the American founding." No one could read it and come away with the attitude that the Bible is irrelevant as a source for understanding the political ideas of the American founding... Hopefully, this book will prompt further investigations into a question whose importance it has clearly established.