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010			_a 2007021710
020			_a9781400064373 (acidfree paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn137244716
035			_a(OCoLC)137244716
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050	0	0	_aBL640 _b.W35 2008
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082	0	0	_a323.44/2097309033 _222
100	1		_aWaldman, Steven.
245	1	0	_aFounding faith : _bprovidence, politics, and the birth of religious freedom in America / _cSteven Waldman.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House, _cc2008.
300			_axvi, 277 p. ; _c25 cm.
365			_b26 usd
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-216) and index.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aFreedom of religion _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xReligion.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021710.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007021710-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007021710-d.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007021710-s.html
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