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The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders : Reason, Revelation, and Revolution / Gregg L. Frazer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frazer, Gregg L.
- Series:
- American political thought.
- American political thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rationalism.
- Theism--United States.
- Theism.
- Religion and politics--United States--History--18th century.
- Religion and politics.
- Founding Fathers of the United States--Religious life.
- Founding Fathers of the United States.
- United States--Church history--18th century.
- United States.
- United States--Religion--To 1800.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2012.
- Summary:
- The first comprehensive analysis of the Founders' religious beliefs as they themselves expressed them. Contends that they were neither what contemporary secularists nor what contemporary Christians often wish they were--that is, neither deist nor Christian.
- Contents:
- Theistic rationalism introduced
- "Divine" sources of theistic rationalism
- Theistic rationalism in the revolutionary pulpit
- Theistic rationalism of John Adams
- Theistic rationalism of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin
- Theistic rationalism of the key framers
- Theistic rationalism of George Washington
- Significance of theistic rationalism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700618453
- 0700618457
- 9780700620623
- 0700620621
- OCLC:
- 905307966
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