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Author:

Holmes, David Lynn.

Title:

The faiths of the founding fathers / David L. Holmes.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

225 p. : ill.

Subject:

Deism--United States--History--18th century.
Statesmen--History--United States--History--18th century.
United States--Religion--To 1800.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Religion in the American colonies in 1770 -- The Anglican tradition and the Virginia founding fathers -- The enlightenment religion of deism -- The founding fathers and deism -- The religious views of Benjamin Franklin -- The religious views of George Washington -- The religious views of John Adams -- The religious views of Thomas Jefferson -- The religious views of James Madison -- The religious views of James Monroe -- The wives and daughters of the founding fathers -- How to tell an orthodox from a deist -- Three orthodox believers -- The past is a foreign country.

Indexed by:

NYT Bk 05/14/2006.
LJ 04/01/2006.
Bklst 04/01/2006.

ISBN:

0195300920
9780195300925

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)