American gospel : God, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation / Jon Meacham ; [with a new afterword by the author].
2007
BL2525 .M423 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
American gospel : God, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation / Jon Meacham ; [with a new afterword by the author].
Author
Meacham, Jon.
Edition
Random House trade pbk. ed.
ISBN
9780812976663 (pbk.)
0812976665 (pbk.)
0812976665 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007.
Language
English
Description
xii, 421 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
BL2525 .M423 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
322/.10973
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.
Note
"A Random House trade paperback"--P. 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-387) and index.
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