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American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

$7.99

Author Jon Meacham

Format Hardcover

Publisher Random House

Category Founding of America

Author Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, this book draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill" sermon to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. At the heart of the American experiment lies what Benjamin Franklin called "public religion," a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well--From publisher description.

Authors

Jon Meacham

Additional Info

  • Release Date: 2006-04-04
  • Publisher: Random House
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781400065554
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