Bringing to life the complex creeds and personalities of America's Founding Fathers, this book confronts many of the myths about the religious view...
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Aug 05, 2011
Not bad. Kowalski is a Unitarian minister who treated the subject fairly. I'm not fond of the method of end notes where the author does not enumerate, listing by page number instead. As this is the method Kowalski used, I wasn't fond of his cites. Nor was I impressed with his notations; when I see statements in quotes, I expect to also see sources. Such was not the case for most of the quotes attributed to the various Founders. I also checked a couple of dates that didn't sound right and they we
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Oct 06, 2008
insight into what who the founding fathers were and how that impacted what we have
"The founders tended to be interested in religion for the same reason they supported education, as a means toward fostering a more peaceful, prosperous, and ethically minded republic. They believed virtue would gradually replace vice as surely as knowledge displaced ignorance and philosophy outpaced superstition. With good sense ruling the mind, good conduct would indubitably follow. Civilization would pr More...
"The founders tended to be interested in religion for the same reason they supported education, as a means toward fostering a more peaceful, prosperous, and ethically minded republic. They believed virtue would gradually replace vice as surely as knowledge displaced ignorance and philosophy outpaced superstition. With good sense ruling the mind, good conduct would indubitably follow. Civilization would pr More...
Jul 08, 2008
Peacefully
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This was really interesting. I enjoyed the analysis of each Founder's writings and speeches and actions. It was helpful to hear about each Founder's work outside of his Founding work.
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