The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 2009 M11 10 - 288 páginas 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 quotations 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. |
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... Providence Quakers Reason Religion, Freedom of: see Liberty of Conscience Religion: Propensity of Humans for Religion: Social Utility of Republicanism Rights Sabbath Sin Slavery Trinity Unitarianism Universalism Virgin Mary War Women ...
... providence), of all Americans of that generation. And, finally, the full range of the Founders' views on religion and public policy, presented here, will furnish additional grist for the mills of those involved in the current debate ...
... providence has preserved me to this advanced age [eighty-five—Ed.] in such a degree of health that I have rarely been incapable of business or study. I am not yet weary of life. I still enjoy it. When I cease to do so, I will pray to be ...
... Providence, for the Illumination of the Ignorant and the Emancipation of the slavish part of Mankind. John Adams, “Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law” (draft), The American Union will last as long as God pleases. It is the duty of ...
... Providence, your forefathers removed to the wilds and wilderness of America. By their industry they made it a fruitful, and by their virtue a happy country. And we should still have enjoyed the blessings of peace and plenty, if we had ...