Faith of the Founders: Religion and the New Nation, 1776-1826 and Roger Williams

Faith of the Founders: Religion and the New Nation, 1776-1826

Name: Faith of the Founders: Religion and the New Nation, 1776-1826
Price: 20.95 GBP
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Author: Edwin S. Gaustad
ISBN: 9781932792096

by Edwin S. Gaustad

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Publisher: Baylor University Press
15.3 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm

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In the lauded Faith of the Founders, revered historian Edwin Gaustad provides a careful consideration of the developing relationship between religion and the state after the American Revolution. With concise focus on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams, Gaustad identifies seven varying--sometimes contrary--perspectives on religion that guided the nation's founders. Faith of the Founders masterfully shows how these figures possessed an intuitive understanding of religion that helped nourish a young country. Repackaged for a new generation of readers and with a new foreword by Randall Balmer, this brief but insightful book offers a look into the founding fathers' genius--and points to a way forward through the ideological boundaries that threaten to upend the daily doings of American government today.