Was America founded as a Christian nation? : a historical introduction /
Fea, John.
Was America founded as a Christian nation? : a historical introduction / John Fea. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2011. - xxvii, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780664235048 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0664235042 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010034961
Christianity and politics--History.--United States
United States--Church history.
BR515 / .F43 2011
261.70973
Was America founded as a Christian nation? : a historical introduction / John Fea. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2011. - xxvii, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780664235048 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0664235042 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010034961
Christianity and politics--History.--United States
United States--Church history.
BR515 / .F43 2011
261.70973