TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fea,John
TI  - Was America founded as a Christian nation?: a historical introduction 
SN  - 9780664235048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BR 515 .F43 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Louisville, Ky.
PB  - Westminster John Knox Press
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Church history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and index; Introduction: how to think historically -- Evangelical America, 1789-1865 -- Evangelicals, liberals, and Christian America, 1865-1925 -- Christian America in a modern age, 1925-1980 -- History for the faithful: the contemporary defenders of Christian America -- Were the British colonies Christian societies? -- Christianity and the coming of the American Revolution -- The Revolutionary pulpit -- Nature's God: is the Declaration of Independence a Christian document? -- Religion in the critical period -- A "Godless constitution"? -- Did George Washington pray at Valley Forge? -- John Adams: devout Unitarian -- Thomas Jefferson: follower of Jesus -- Benjamin Franklin: ambitious moralist -- What about Witherspoon? Three Orthodox founders
N2  - Explores the question of whether America was founded as a Christian nation, discussing what it means to think historically, examining the history of the idea that the United States is a Christian nation, exploring the relationship between Christianity and the coming of the American Revolution, and investigating the specific religious beliefs of the founders
ER  -