Allen, Brooke.

Moral minority : our skeptical founding fathers / Brooke Allen. - Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2006. - xvi, 235 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.

Franklin -- Washington -- Adams -- Jefferson -- Madison -- Hamilton -- 1787 and beyond -- The world that produced the founders -- Appendix I : two letters from Jefferson on the common law and Christianity -- Appendix II : Madison's "memorial and remonstrance against religious assessments."

9781566636759 (cloth : alk. paper) 1566636752 (cloth : alk. paper)

2006008160


Church and state--History--United States--18th century.
Freedom of religion--History--United States--18th century.
Religion and politics--History--United States--18th century.
Christianity and politics--History--United States--18th century.
Founding Fathers of the United States--Religious life--History--18th century.
Founding Fathers of the United States--Biography.


United States--Religion--To 1800.

BR516 / .A46 2006

277.3/07