The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 10.11.2009 - 288 Seiten What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. |
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... Christianity Christianity: Christian Nation Church and State Clergy ix xxi xxv 12 15 17 19 20 23 26 31 33 36 38 40 44 46 48 55 59 60 66 Communion Conscience: see Liberty of Conscience Consolation Constitution of the. Preface Founding ...
... Christian principles than by calling the most important of them to the witness stand and letting them testify in their own words to the importance of Christianity in their lives? All quote book compilers employ this strategy, invariably ...
... Christianity from the national memory.1 The contempt for professional historians seems, unfortunately, to have fostered a corresponding contempt for the craft of history, for some of the compilers display a cavalier attitude toward ...
... Christ, the Trinity, the evidence for an afterlife, the untimely death of loved ones, the authority of and relationship between the Old and New Testaments, the origin of sin, the relation of ... Christian youth.8 Other Founders. xii Preface.
A Book of Quotations James H. Hutson. John Dickinson composed a catechism for Christian youth.8 Other Founders were at least as active on behalf of their respective churches. Mere attendance at church services is, of course, no indicator ...