Religion and the New Republic: Faith in the Founding of AmericaJames H. Hutson Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 - 213 Seiten A collection of America's historians, philosophers and theologians examines the role of religion in the founding of the United States. These essays, originally delivered at the Library of Congress, presents scholarship on a topic that still generates considerable controversy. Readers interested in colonial history, religion and politics, and the relationship between church and state should find the book helpful. Contributors include Daniel L. Driesbach, John Witte Jr, Thomas E. Buckley, Mark A. Knoll, Catherine A. Brekus, Michael Novak and James Hutson. |
Inhalt
A Most Mild and Equitable Establishment of Religion John Adams and the Massachusetts Experiment | 1 |
The Use and Abuse of Jeffersons Statute Separating Church and State in NineteenthCentury Virginia | 41 |
Thomas Jefferson a Mammoth Cheese and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State | 65 |
The Revolution in the Churches Womens Religious Activism in the Early American Republic | 115 |
Evangelicals in the American Founding and Evangelical Political Mobilization Today | 137 |
The Influence of Judaism and Christianity on the American Founding | 159 |
Why Revolutionary America Wasnt a Christian Nation | 187 |
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About the Contributors | |
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Religion and the New Republic: Faith in the Founding of America James H. Hutson Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1999 |
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