The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America
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Word Count
86,000 words, Guess
Page Count
344 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefoundin_lam_2003_00_2547
- ISBN-100691088292
- ISBN-139780691088297
- LibraryThing185135
- Goodreads2335742
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- Library of Congress Control Number2002024346
- OCLC Control Number49576755
- Better World Books9780691088297
- Open LibraryOL7757995M
Classifications
- LCCBR516 .L29 2003
- LCCBR516.L29 2003
Description
"How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its constitution? Frank Lambert explains why this happened, offering in the process a synthesis of American history from the first British arrivals through Thomas Jefferson's controversial presidency.". "Lambert recognizes that two sets of spiritual fathers defined the place of religion in early America: what Lambert calls the Planting Fathers, who brought Old World ideas and dreams of building a "City upon a Hill," and the Founding Fathers, who determined the constitutional arrangement of religion in the new republic. While the former proselytized the "one true faith," the latter emphasized religious freedom over religious purity."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
IN 1639, a group of New England Puritans drafted a constitution affirming their faith in God and their intention to organize a Christian Nation.
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