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Was America founded as a Christian nation? : a historical introduction / John Fea.

By: Publication details: Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxvii, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780664235048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0664235042 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.70973 22
LOC classification:
  • BR515 .F43 2011
Contents:
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.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks BR515 .F43 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001223154

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.

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