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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... prostituted itself by selling indulgences ( the promise that for a fee , the church would make sure that the soul of a loved one wouldn't be stuck in purgatory ) . Protestants believed Catholics should be called papists CHRISTIAN AMERICA 5.
... Protestants believed Catholics should be called papists , not Christians , because they had substituted worship of ... Protestantism specifically . Puritans believed that despite Henry VIII's split with Rome , the Church of England had ...
... Protestants , Scots - Irish , and Welsh . In 1684 , King Charles II - deciding that he no longer wanted the holy commonwealth to exclude Anglicans or Catholics- rescinded the charter and decreed that Anglicans should be allowed to wor ...
... Protestants with as much mildness and favor as justice will permit . " But enemies of Lord Baltimore , who resented his medieval way of running the colony , laid claims on Maryland's land . In 1644 , an influential Virginian , William ...
... Protestants outnumbered Catholics thirty to one in Maryland . In 1689 , the Glorious Revolution was under way in England , and rumors of Catholic - Indian plots now spread rapidly . In July , a group calling itself the Protestant ...
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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