RT Book
T1 Founding faith: providence, politics, and the birth of religious freedom in America
A1 Waldman, Steven 1962-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Random House
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/529949334
AB The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Author Waldman, cofounder of Beliefnet.com, argues that the United States was not founded as a "Christian nation," nor were the Founding Fathers uniformly secular or Deist. Rather, the Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith--by leaving it alone. His narrative begins with early settlers' stunningly unsuccessful efforts to create a Christian paradise, and concludes with the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, during which the men who had devised lofty principles regarding the proper relationship between church and state struggled to practice what they'd preached.--From publisher description
NO Literaturverz. S. [209] - 216
CN BL640
SN 978-1-4000-6437-3
K1 Freedom Of Religion : United States
K1 United States : Religion