The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America: A History in Documents
Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew Harris and Thomas Kidd offer an authoritative examination of the essential documents needed to understand this debate. The texts included in this volume - writings and speeches from both well-known and obscure early American thinkers - show that religion played a prominent yet fractious role in the era of the American Revolution.
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The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America: A History in Documents
Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew Harris and Thomas Kidd offer an authoritative examination of the essential documents needed to understand this debate. The texts included in this volume - writings and speeches from both well-known and obscure early American thinkers - show that religion played a prominent yet fractious role in the era of the American Revolution.
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The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America: A History in Documents

The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America: A History in Documents

The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America: A History in Documents

The Founding Fathers and the Debate over Religion in Revolutionary America: A History in Documents

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Overview

Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew Harris and Thomas Kidd offer an authoritative examination of the essential documents needed to understand this debate. The texts included in this volume - writings and speeches from both well-known and obscure early American thinkers - show that religion played a prominent yet fractious role in the era of the American Revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199912445
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/14/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Matthew L. Harris is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Graduate Program in History at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Thomas S. Kidd is Associate Professor of History at Baylor University and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion. He is the author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution (2010) and other books.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Founding Fathers and Religion
Chapter 1: Religion and the Continental Congress
Chapter 2: Religion and State
Chapter 3: Constitution and Ratification
Chapter 4: Religion and the Federal Government
Chapter 5: Disestablishment and the Separation of Church and State
Chapter 6: The Founding Fathers' Own Views on Religion
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