TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hutson,James H.
TI  - The Founders on Religion: A Book of Quotations 
SN  - 9781400826704
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - REFERENCE / Quotations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Abigail Adams
KW  - Absurdity
KW  - Adultery
KW  - American Bible Society
KW  - Atheism
KW  - Baptists
KW  - Benjamin Rush
KW  - Bible
KW  - Book of Revelation
KW  - Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)
KW  - Calvinism
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Catholicism
KW  - Chaplain
KW  - Charles Carroll of Carrollton
KW  - Christendom
KW  - Christian
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Creed
KW  - Deism
KW  - Deity
KW  - Divine right of kings
KW  - Doctrine
KW  - Duty
KW  - Foreknowledge
KW  - Freedom of religion
KW  - God Alone
KW  - God
KW  - Hebrews
KW  - Humility
KW  - Hypocrisy
KW  - Jedidiah Morse
KW  - Jews
KW  - Joseph Priestley
KW  - Library of Congress
KW  - Martha Washington
KW  - Methodism
KW  - Missionary
KW  - Morality
KW  - Mr
KW  - Of Education
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - On Religion
KW  - Papers (software)
KW  - Patriotism
KW  - Philosopher
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Precept
KW  - Prediction
KW  - Presbyterianism
KW  - Proclamation
KW  - Profanity
KW  - Prophecy
KW  - Protestantism
KW  - Quakers
KW  - Religion
KW  - Republicanism
KW  - Righteousness
KW  - Rights
KW  - Rule of Faith
KW  - Second Coming
KW  - Sect
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Suffering
KW  - Supreme Being
KW  - Theocracy
KW  - Theology
KW  - Unitarianism
KW  - Virtue
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Founding Generation Members Quoted in This Volume --; A Note on the Texts --; Addiction - Bible: Revision of --; Calvinism- Crime and Punishment --; Death- Liberty of Conscience --; Marriage - Quakers --; Reason - Women --; Suggestions for Further Reading --; Index; restricted access
N2  - What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of "ations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. The book calls to the witness stand all the usual suspects--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams--as well as many lesser known but highly influential luminaries, among them Continental Congress President Elias Boudinot, Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll, and John Dickinson, "the Pennsylvania Farmer." It also gives voice to two founding "mothers," Abigail Adams and Martha Washington. The founders "ed here ranged from the piously evangelical to the steadfastly unorthodox. Some were such avid students of theology that they were treated as equals by the leading ministers of their day. Others vacillated in their conviction. James Madison's religious beliefs appeared to weaken as he grew older. Thomas Jefferson, on the other hand, seemed to warm to religion late in life. This compilation lays out the founders' positions on more than seventy topics, including the afterlife, the death of loved ones, divorce, the raising of children, the reliability of biblical texts, and the nature of Islam and Judaism. Partisans of various stripes have long invoked "ations from the founding fathers to lend credence to their own views on religion and politics. This book, by contrast, is the first of its genre to be grounded in the careful examination of original documents by a professional historian. Conveniently arranged alphabetically by topic, it provides multiple viewpoints and accurate "ations. Readers of all religious persuasions--or of none--will find this book engrossing
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400826704
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