Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in AmericaThe culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.” Many on the left contend that the Founders were secular or Deist and that the First Amendment was designed to boldly separate church and state throughout the land. None of these claims are true, argues Beliefnet.com editor in chief Steven Waldman. With refreshing objectivity, Waldman narrates the real story of how our nation’s Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith . . . by leaving it alone. |
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... faith- and fail 2. Benjamin Franklin 18 The Puritan New Ager 3. The Evangelical Revolution 27 A cross - eyed preacher fuels the drive for independence and religious freedom 4. John Adams 33 The angry Unitarian 5. The Godly Roots of ...
... Faith of Our Founding Fathers that these men had " beat back the attempts of the secularizers 200 years ago . If they were living today , I know whose side they would champion . " Some liberals , meanwhile , feel the need to prove that ...
... faith- fueled the drive for liberty , too . To a degree rarely acknowledged , the Ameri- can Revolution and the new approach to church and state that resulted were powerfully shaped by the Great Awakening , a period of evangelical resur ...
Contents
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John Adams | 33 |
George Washington | 56 |
The pious infidel | 72 |
Natures God Meets the Supreme Judge | 86 |
James Madison | 93 |
A Diabolical Persecution | 100 |
The Mighty Current of Freedom | 107 |
Forgetting the Powerful Friend | 127 |
The First Amendment Compromise | 141 |
They Were Right | 188 |
Index | 209 |
207 | 243 |
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