LEADER 04717oam 2200493 450 001 9910813417903321 005 20170523091556.0 010 $a1-282-15920-8 010 $a9786612159206 010 $a1-4008-2670-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400826704 035 $a(OCoLC)440804327 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3XJQ 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788604 100 $a20050602d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe founders on religion $ea book of quotations /$fJames H. Hutson, editor 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2005 210 1$aPrinceton, N.J. :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (xxx, 244 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a0-691-12033-1 311 $a0-691-13383-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAddiction -- 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. 330 $aWhat 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. 606 $aReligion$vQuotations, maxims, etc 606 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vQuotations 615 0$aReligion 615 0$aStatesmen 676 $a200 702 $aHutson$b James H. 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813417903321 996 $aThe founders on religion$93912902 997 $aUNINA