Religion and the New Republic

Faith in the Founding of America

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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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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Utgivningsdatum1999-12-15
Mått149 x 228 x 12 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847694341

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Chapter 1 "A Most Mild and Equitable Establishment of Religion": John Adams and the Massachusetts ExperimentChapter 2 The Use and Abuse of Jefferson's Statute: Separating Church and State in Ninteenth-Century VirginiaChapter 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 RepublicChapter 5 Evangelicals in the American Founding and Evangelical Political Mobilization TodayChapter 6 The Influence of Judaism and Christianity on the American FoundingChapter 7 Why Revolutionary America Wasn't a "Christian Nation"