Faith and the Founders of the American Republic

Name: Faith and the Founders of the American Republic
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The role of religion in the founding of America has long been a hotly debated question. Some historians have regarded the faith of a few famous founders, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Thomas Paine, as evidence that the founders were deists who advocated the strict separation of church and state. Popular Christian polemicists, on the other hand, have attempted to show that virtually all of the founders were orthodox Christians in favor of state support for religion.

As the essays in this volume demonstrate, a diverse array of religious traditions informed the political culture of the American founding. Faith and the Founders of the American Republic includes studies both of minority faiths, such as Islam and Judaism, and of major traditions, such as Calvinism. It also includes nuanced analysis of specific founders--Quaker John Dickinson, prominent Baptists Isaac Backus and John Leland, and Federalist Gouverneur Morris, among many others--with attention to their personal histories, faiths, constitutional philosophies, and views on the relationship between religion and the state.

This volume will be a crucial resource for anyone interested in the place of faith in the founding of the American constitutional republic, from political, religious, historical, and legal perspectives.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 380
Release Date:: 2014-04-01
Publication Date:: 2013-06-20
Publisher:: ACADEMIC
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0199843333
ISBN13:: 9780199843336
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 734 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 2.5 cm

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