Faith and the Founders of the American Republic
By Unknown Author.
Description
The role of religion in the founding of America has long been a hotly debated question. Some historians have regarded the views of a few famous founders, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Thomas Paine, as evidence that the founders were deists who advocated the strict separation of church and state. Popular Christian polemicists, on the other hand, have attempted to show that virtually all of the founders were pious Christians in favor of public support for religion.As the essays in this volume demonstrate, a diverse array of religious traditions informed the p...
ISBN(s)
019984335X, 9780199843350
