The Founders on God and Government

Herausgeber: Dreisbach, Daniel L; Morrison, Jeffry H; Hall, Mark D

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Founders on God and Government, Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, and Jeffry H. Morrison bring together noted scholars to explore the role religion played in the political thoughts and deeds of nine founding fathers. The result is a seminal work that deepens our understanding of the relationship between faith and politics at America's founding.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780742522787
• ISBN-10: 0742522784
• Artikelnr.: 21991004

Autorenporträt

Edited by Daniel L. Dreisbach; Mark D. Hall and Jeffry H. Morrison - Foreword by Michael Novak - Contributions by Thomas E. Buckley; S J; Daniel L. Dreisbach; Mark David Hall; Howard L. Lubert; Vincent Philip Muñoz; Barry Alan Shain; Garrett Ward Sheldon;

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword: Religious Liberty Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Religion
and The Common Good: George Washington on Church and State Chapter 4 One
Public Religion, Many Private Religions: John Adams and the 1780
Massachusetts Constitution Chapter 5 The Religious Rhetoric of Thomas
Jefferson Chapter 6 Religion and Politics in the Thought of James Madison
Chapter 7 John Witherspoon's Revolutionary Religion Chapter 8 Benjamin
Franklin and the Role of Religion in Governing Democracy Chapter 9 James
Wilson: Presbyterian, Anglican, Thomist, or Deist? Does it Matter? Chapter
10 George Mason's Pursuit of Religious Liberty in Revolutionary Virginia
Chapter 11 Catholic Politics and Religious Liberty in America: The Carrolls
of Maryland Chapter 12 Afterword: Revolutionary-Era Americans: Were They
Enlightened or Protestant? Does it Matter? Part 13 Bibliography