"In God We Trust": The Religious Beliefs and Ideas of the American Founding FathersNorman Cousins Harper, 1958 - 464 Seiten This book is about the religious beliefs and personal philosophies of the small company of young men who founded the new nation that called itself the United States of America. Much is known about their political ideas--but what about their own articles of faith and individual philosophies? This question has served as the basis for speculation and often conflicting theory, especially in connection with recurring issues facing the American people. This is the first time these materials have been brought together into a single source. In these pages they speak their minds; they also speak to the spiritual concerns of our own time. Norman Cousins has examined literally thousands of letters, personal diaries and official pronouncements in making the selections for this book. As part of each chapter, he has also written an essay on the education and general background of each man.--From publisher description. |
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... established , he read or worked on his Autobiography or attended to his correspondence . The following excerpts from the Autobiography review some of his positions on religious matters . JEFFERSON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY , BEGUN IN 1821 The ...
... established , he read or worked on his Autobiography or attended to his correspondence . The following excerpts from the Autobiography review some of his positions on religious matters . JEFFERSON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY , BEGUN IN 1821 The ...
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... established church , but were still obliged to pay contributions to support the pastors of the minority . This unrighteous compulsion , to maintain teachers of what they deemed religious errors , was grievously felt during the regal ...
... established church , but were still obliged to pay contributions to support the pastors of the minority . This unrighteous compulsion , to maintain teachers of what they deemed religious errors , was grievously felt during the regal ...
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... established some religion . No two , say I , have established the same . Is this a proof of the infallibility of establishments ? Our sister states of Pennsylvania and New York , however , have long subsisted without any establishment ...
... established some religion . No two , say I , have established the same . Is this a proof of the infallibility of establishments ? Our sister states of Pennsylvania and New York , however , have long subsisted without any establishment ...
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THE RESPONSIVE MEN | 1 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | 16 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON | 44 |
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