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Author:

Church, F. Forrest.

Title:

So help me God : the Founding Fathers and the first great battle over church and state / Forrest Church.

Edition:

1st Harvest ed.

Publisher:

Harvest Books,

Copyright Date:

2008, c2007

Description:

530 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

United States--Church history--18th century.
United States--Church history--19th century.
Christianity and politics--United States.
Church and state--United States.
Presidents--United States--Religion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [453] - 513) and index.

Contents:

George Washington. Out of many, one -- With liberty and order for all -- Unum versus pluribus -- John Adams. A churchgoing animal -- Black cockades and tricolors -- "Order is heaven's first law" -- "The grand question" -- Thomas Jefferson. The American dreamer -- "For Jefferson and liberty" -- Utopia meets reality -- James Madison. Constructing freedom's altar -- Defending the empire of liberty -- James Monroe. All for one and one for all -- Considerations of humanity.

ISBN:

0156034875 (trade pbk.) :
9780156034876 (trade pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)213451551

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)