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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... present volume will be organized alphabetically by subject, beginning with “addiction” and ending with “women.” The advantages of using this principle will, I hope, be immediately apparent. Organization by proper name creates a sense of ...
... present volume does, on more than seventy-five topics, including such perennial faith questions as the nature of God and Jesus Christ, the Trinity, the evidence for an afterlife, the untimely death of loved ones, the authority of and ...
... present the mature, settled opinions of the Founders, insofar as I could ascertain them. Those who might object that this policy skews the tenor of the volume toward secularism will find that it cuts both ways. Benjamin Franklin's ...
... composed this population are accessible in any form is, it should be observed, a subject that historians have vigor- ously debated in recent decades. The present volume, to summarize, is a work of scholar-. xvi Preface.
A Book of Quotations James H. Hutson. The present volume, to summarize, is a work of scholar- ship. It offers the views on religion of a select group of the most influential political and military leaders of the new nation, derived from ...