{"product_id":"faith-and-the-founders-of-daniel-l-dreisbach-9780199843350","title":"Faith and the Founders of the American Republic","description":"The role of religion in the founding of America has long been a hotly debated question. Some historians have regarded the views of a few famous founders, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Thomas Paine, as evidence that the founders were deists who advocated the strict separation of church and state. Popular Christian polemicists, on the other hand, have attempted to show that virtually all of the founders were pious Christians in favor of public support for religion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the essays in this volume demonstrate, a diverse array of religious traditions informed the political culture of the American founding. \u003cem\u003eFaith and the Founders of the American Republic\u003c\/em\u003e includes studies both of minority faiths, such as Islam and Judaism, and of major traditions like Calvinism. It also includes nuanced analysis of specific founders-Quaker fellow-traveler John Dickinson, prominent Baptists Isaac Backus and John Leland, and Theistic Rationalist Gouverneur Morris, among others-with attention to their personal histories, faiths, constitutional philosophies, and views on the relationship between religion and the state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume will be a crucial resource for anyone interested in the place of faith in the founding of the American constitutional republic, from political, religious, historical, and legal perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel L. Dreisbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019984335X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199843350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 144","brand":"Daniel L. Dreisbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054739910911,"sku":"9780199843350","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13c9a9bb-d876-4e7b-96e1-1c038640da13.jpg?v=1685031715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faith-and-the-founders-of-daniel-l-dreisbach-9780199843350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}