American gospel : God, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation / Jon Meacham.
Summary:
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1400065550
- ISBN: 9781400065554
- ISBN: 0812976665
- ISBN: 9780812976663
- Physical Description: xii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
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| General Note: | Publisher, dates, and pagination may vary. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-387). |
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