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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... views who are distressed by what they see as the pernicious secularization of American life, caused in their view by an unremitting and illegitimate campaign to banish Christianity from all areas of the public arena as well as from the ...
... views change over time, at what point are they the most authentic and, hence, quotable? Consider the case of James Madison. Fresh out of college, he wrote a friend in 1773 that “there could not be a stronger testimony in favor of ...
... views are his most authentic is a difficult one that is liable to error. The other problem inherent in quote books is that of inclusiveness. A book with the title “the Founders on Religion” or some variation thereof often creates the ...
... views tracked toward the margins of the country's mainstream and were, in the case of the latter two, idiosyncratic, as they themselves admitted. I have followed the representational strategy, just described, imperfect as it is, but ...
... views on religion of a select group of the most influential political and military leaders of the new nation, derived from a thorough examination of a large number of original and printed sources. The views of the Founders are worth ...