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Author:

Richard, Carl J., author.

Title:

The Founders and the Bible / Carl J. Richard.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 385 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Religion and politics--United States--History--18th century.
Religion and state--United States--History--18th century.
Founding Fathers of the United States--Religious life.
United States--Religion--To 1800.
United States--Philosophy.--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-373) and index.

Contents:

A people of the book -- A lifelong passion -- Heroes and villains -- Divine intervention -- The new Israel -- Religion, morality, and republicanism -- Other shared beliefs -- Differences -- Human nature and balanced government -- Church and state.

Summary:

In The Founders and the Bible, historian Carl J. Richard carefully examines the framers’ relationship with the Bible to assess the conflicting claims of those who argue that they were Christians founding a Christian nation against those who see them as Deists or modern secularists. Richard argues that it is impossible to understand the Founders without understanding the Biblically infused society that produced them.

ISBN:

1442254645 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442254640 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2015035506

Locations:

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

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)