The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson 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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... principles in American public life, the nation can be healed of the host of social ills that afflict it. What better way to prove that the Founders were grounded in and instructed by Christian principles than by calling the most ...
... principle employed. Every quote book of which I am aware is organized by proper name, that is, by an alphabetical list of individuals below whose names a string of quotations is appended. The present volume will be organized ...
... principle of selection has been governed by the fact that, since the subject of this volume is passionately contested, readers may want to verify the accuracy and the legitimacy of the quotations presented by checking them personally. I ...
... principle of morality and benevolence. If you look through their whole history, every part of it bears the mark of truth and credibility. They urge in all their teachings, the strictest attention to truth, and threaten the severest ...
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