Founding faith : providence, politics, and the birth of religious freedom in America / Steven Waldman.
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House, c2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 277 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781400064373 (acidfree paper)Subject(s): Freedom of religion -- United States | United States -- ReligionDDC classification: 323.44/2097309033 LOC classification: BL640 | .W35 2008Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text Summary: The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Author Waldman, cofounder of Beliefnet.com, argues that the United States was not founded as a "Christian nation," nor were the Founding Fathers uniformly secular or Deist. Rather, the Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith--by leaving it alone. His narrative begins with early settlers' stunningly unsuccessful efforts to create a Christian paradise, and concludes with the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, during which the men who had devised lofty principles regarding the proper relationship between church and state struggled to practice what they'd preached.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-216) and index.
The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Author Waldman, cofounder of Beliefnet.com, argues that the United States was not founded as a "Christian nation," nor were the Founding Fathers uniformly secular or Deist. Rather, the Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith--by leaving it alone. His narrative begins with early settlers' stunningly unsuccessful efforts to create a Christian paradise, and concludes with the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, during which the men who had devised lofty principles regarding the proper relationship between church and state struggled to practice what they'd preached.--From publisher description.
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