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008			131121s2014 nyu 001 0 eng
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245	0	0	_aFaith and the founders of the American republic / _cedited by Daniel L. Dreisbach and Mark David Hall.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c[2014]
300			_ax, 366 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0	0	_tDeism and the founders / _rDarren Staloff -- _tVindiciae, contra tyrannos : the influence of the Reformed tradition in the American founding / _rMark David Hall -- _tJews, Judaism and the American founding / _rDavid G. Dalin -- _tThe founders and Islam / _rThomas S. Kidd -- _tReligion and the Loyalists / _rRobert M. Calhoon, Ruma Chopra -- _tThe antifederalists and religion / _rDonald L. Drakeman -- _tThe Bible and the political culture of the American founding / _rDaniel L. Dreisbach -- _tReligion, race, and the founders / _rJonathan D. Sassi -- _tGouverneur Morris and theistic rationalism in the founding era / _rGregg Frazer -- _tJohn Hancock: Congregationalist revolutionary / _rGary Scott Smith -- _tElias Boudenot, Presbyterians, and the quest for a "righteous republic" / _rJonathan Den Hartog -- _tThe Quaker contributions of John Dickinson to the creation of the American republic / _rJane E. Calvert -- _tIsaac Backus and John Leland : Baptist contributions to religious liberty in the founding era / _rJoe L. Coker
520			_aThe role of religion in the founding of America has long been a hotly debated question. Some historians have regarded the views of a few famous founders, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Thomas Paine, as evidence that the founders were deists who advocated the strict separation of church and state. Popular Christian polemicists, on the other hand, have attempted to show that virtually all of the founders were pious Christians in favor of public support for religion. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, a diverse array of religious traditions informed the political culture of the American founding. Faith and the Founders of the American Republic includes studies both of minority faiths, such as Islam and Judaism, and of major traditions like Calvinism. It also includes nuanced analysis of specific founders -- Quaker fellow-traveler John Dickinson, prominent Baptists Isaac Backus and John Leland, and theistic rationalist Gouverneur Morris, among others -- with attention to their personal histories, faiths, constitutional philosophies, and views on the relationship between religion and the state. This volume will be a crucial resource for anyone interested in the place of faith in the founding of the American constitutional republic, from political, religious, historical, and legal perspectives.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aReligion and politics _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xReligion _yTo 1800.
650		0	_aReligion and state _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aFounding Fathers of the United States _xReligious life.
700	1		_aDreisbach, Daniel L.
700	1		_aHall, Mark David, _d1966-
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