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Author:

Stewart, Matthew, 1963-

Title:

Nature's God : the heretical origins of the American republic / Matthew Stewart.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

566 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Founding Fathers of the United States--Views on religion.
Religion and state--United States--History--18th century.
Natural theology--Early works to 1800.
United States--Religion--To 1800.
Church and state--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The dirty little screw of the American Revolution -- Pathologies of freedom -- Epicurus's dangerous idea -- On the genealogy of Nature's God -- Self-evident truths -- The pursuit of happiness -- The empire of reason -- The religion of freedom.

Summary:

"Drawing deeply on the study of European philosophy, Matthew Stewart pursues a genealogy of the philosophical ideas from which America's revolutionaries drew their inspiration, all ... researched and documented and enlivened with storytelling ... Along the way, he uncovers the true meanings of 'Nature's God,' 'self-evident,' and many other phrases crucial to our understanding of the American experiment but now widely misunderstood"--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

0393064549 (hbk.)
9780393064544 (hbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)879642283

LCCN:

2014008791

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)