American gospel - God, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation
Inbunden bok. 1 uppl. 2006. 399 sidor.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781400065554
- Titel
- American gospel - God, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation
- Författare
- Meacham, Jon
- Utgivningsår
- 2006
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Author Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, this book draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill" sermon to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. At the heart of the American experiment lies what Benjamin Franklin called "public religion," a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well.--From publisher description.
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