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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... appear in this volume were people of exceptional intelligence who fertilized their impressive reli- gious learning with the most extensive experience in the “real” world of domestic and international politics, war, and commerce. Their ...
... appears in this life. Yet what a Circle has it spread in this World wider and broader than Swedenborg himself. Will mankind be forever the credulous dupes of such vageries. When will men be rational creatures?” Adams to Francis van der ...
... appear in both editions, as well as publishing numerous Jay documents which only appear in the online edition. Similar problems are present in the published papers of other Founders such as Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams. Modern ...
... appear in manuscript collections, as well as documents reprinted from modern documentary editions, whose editors strive to reproduce documents literally, will be apparent to readers, who will have the experience of moving back and forth ...
... appear with all its swelling Pomp, a boyish Fire Work. And if there be a future State Why should the Almighty dissolve forever all the tender Ties which Unite Us so delightfully in this World and forbid us to see each other in the next ...