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000329380 1001_ $$aMeacham, Jon.
000329380 24510 $$aAmerican gospel :$$bGod, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation /$$cJon Meacham ; [with a new afterword by the author].
000329380 250__ $$aRandom House trade pbk. ed.
000329380 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRandom House Trade Paperbacks,$$c2007.
000329380 300__ $$axii, 421 p. :$$bill. ;$$c21 cm.
000329380 500__ $$a"A Random House trade paperback"--P. 4 of cover.
000329380 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [359]-387) and index.
000329380 520__ $$aAuthor 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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