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100 1 _aFea, John.
245 1 0 _aWas America founded as a Christian nation? :
_ba historical introduction /
_cJohn Fea.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aLouisville, Ky. :
_bWestminster John Knox Press,
_cc2011.
300 _axxvii, 287 p. :
_bill. ; 23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 _aChristianity and politics
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xChurch history.
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