{"product_id":"benjamin-franklin-and-his-gods-kerry-s-walters-9780252067396","title":"Benjamin Franklin and His Gods","description":"Against the religious backdrop of pre- and postcolonial America stands \u003cbr\u003e the towering figure--and mind--of Benjamin Franklin. A Renaissance man \u003cbr\u003e in a Revolutionary time, Franklin had interests and knowledge not only \u003cbr\u003e in religion but in literature, philosophy, politics, publishing, history, \u003cbr\u003e and scientific inquiry, among many other disciplines. \u003cbr\u003e Kerry S. Walters examines Franklin's search for the Divine using a similar, \u003cbr\u003e multifaceted approach--and in so doing has created the first extended \u003cbr\u003e treatment of Franklin's religious thought in thirty years. Walters brings \u003cbr\u003e the same intellectual range and depth to the understanding of Franklin's \u003cbr\u003e beliefs that Franklin brought to his own quest. What emerges from this \u003cbr\u003e pilgrimage into the soul of one of America's greatest figures is a very \u003cbr\u003e human Benjamin Franklin who grew with the accumulation of knowledge to \u003cbr\u003e arrive at a \"theistic perspectivism,\" which provided him with \u003cbr\u003e a philosophical explanation for the diversity of religious faiths--and \u003cbr\u003e a justification for the liberty of conscience he advocated throughout \u003cbr\u003e his life. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Franklin and His Gods\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and beautifully \u003cbr\u003e challenging spiritual and intellectual biography. Destined to be a classic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry S. Walters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252067398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252067396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.68d","brand":"Kerry S. Walters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096664482047,"sku":"9780252067396","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/benjamin-franklin-and-his-gods-kerry-s-walters-9780252067396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}