Faith Of The Founders: Religion And The New Nation 1776-1826

Name: Faith Of The Founders: Religion And The New Nation 1776-1826
Brand: Baylor University Press
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Author: Edwin S. Gaustad
ISBN: 9781932792096

By: Edwin S. Gaustad

Baylor University Press / 2011 / Paperback

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In the lauded Faith of the Founders, revered historian Edwin Gaustad provides a careful consideration of the developing relationship between religion and the state after the American Revolution. With concise focus on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams, Gaustad identifies seven varying--sometimes contrary--perspectives on religion that guided the nation's founders. Faith of the Founders masterfully shows how these figures possessed an intuitive understanding of religion that helped nourish a young country. Repackaged for a new generation of readers and with a new foreword by Randall Balmer, this brief but insightful book offers a look into the founding fathers' genius--and points to a way forward through the ideological boundaries that threaten to upend the daily doings of American government today.

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Title: Faith Of The Founders: Religion And The New Nation 1776-1826
By: Edwin S. Gaustad
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 196
Vendor: Baylor University Press
Publication Date: 2011

Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.5 X 0.6 (inches)
Weight: 9 ounces
ISBN: 1932792090
ISBN-13: 9781932792096
Stock No: WW92090X

Author Bio

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Edwin S. Gaustad is emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Riverside. He is a noted church historian and the author of over a dozen books.

Randall Balmer is John Phillips Professor in Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books.

Editorial Reviews

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As clear and serene a guide to the mixture of religious and political events at the time of the nation's founding as we are likely to get.

Historically informative and as relevant as today's headlines. The author brings to these sensitive chapters all the wisdom and sophistication and that have marked him as a premier historian of the American religious experience.

Based on James Sprunt lectures delivered at Union Theological Seminary (Richmond), this beautifully written book shows the complexity of church-state relations in the early republic.