The founders on religion : a book of quotations / James H. Hutson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hutson, James H., editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Religion.

Statesmen--United States--Quotations.

Statesmen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 244 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of "ations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. The book calls to the witness stand all the usual suspects--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams--as well as many lesser known but highly influential luminaries, among them Continental Congress President Elias Boudinot, Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll, and John Dickinson, "the Pennsylvania Farmer." It also gives voice to two founding "mothers," Abigail Adams and Martha Washington. The founders "ed here ranged from the piously evangelical to the steadfastly unorthodox. Some were such avid students of theology that they were treated as equals by the leading ministers of their day. Others vacillated in their conviction. James Madison's religious beliefs appeared to weaken as he grew older. Thomas Jefferson, on the other hand, seemed to warm to religion late in life. This compilation lays out the founders' positions on more than seventy topics, including the afterlife, the death of loved ones, divorce, the raising of children, the reliability of biblical texts, and the nature of Islam and Judaism. Partisans of various stripes have long invoked "ations from the founding fathers to lend credence to their own views on religion and politics. This book, by contrast, is the first of its genre to be grounded in the careful examination of original documents by a professional historian. Conveniently arranged alphabetically by topic, it provides multiple viewpoints and accurate "ations. Readers of all religious persuasions--or of none--will find this book engrossing.

Contents:

Addiction

Afterlife

Age

America

American Revolution

Animals

Atheism

Bible : value of

Bible : accuracy of the text

Bible : exegesis of

Bible : Old Testament

Bible : revision of

Calvinism

Catholicism

Catholicism : Jesuits

Chaplains

Children

Christianity

Christianity : Christian nation

Church and state

Clergy

Communion

Conscience : see liberty of conscience

Consolation

Constitution of the United States

Creeds

Crime and punishment

Death

Deism

Divorce

Ecumenicism

Education

Episcopalians

Faith

Fast and Thanksgiving days

God

Grief

Hell

Indians : see Native Americans

Islam

Jesus

Jews

Laws

Liberty of conscience

Marriage

Millennium

Miracles

Missionary and Bible societies

Morality

Native Americans

New England

Oaths

Patriotism

Paul, the apostle

Persecution

Plato

The poor

Prayer

Presbyterians

Proclamations : see fast and Thanksgiving days

Profanity

Prophecy

Providence

Quakers

Reason

Religion, freedom of : see liberty of conscience

Religion : propensity of humans for

Religion : social utility of

Republicanism

Rights

Sabbath

Sin

Slavery

Trinity

Unitarianism

Universalism

Virgin Mary

War

Women.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612159206

9781282159204

1282159208

9781400826704

1400826705

OCLC:

440804327