How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the ... read full description
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May 25, 2009
Don Incognito
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In The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America, author Frank Lambert puts forth the thesis that America originally began as two colonies which both established particular Protestant sects as their state-supported official churches, but that by the time the Constitution was written, both the Founding Fathers and most of the sect leaders supported a secular government which would be prohibited from supporting a particular sect or even supporting religion. The decision was seen a
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Apr 13, 2009
Jared
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Excellent work, with one exception...Dr. Lambert does not provide adequate attention to the impact of theological unitarianism in his review of the faiths of the main Founding Fathers. How can you discuss this topic and only mention Dr./Rev. Joseph Priestly only twice? But other than this oversight, this is a very good piece of scholarship. Some of the quotations he provides are typically not found in these types of books and they are very illuminating. The author clearly understands America
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Mar 21, 2008
Earon
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This book presents the historical information on the faiths of our our Founding Fathers. Rather than being Christian fundamentalists, they were mostly intellectuals trying to bring this nation beyond the squabbles and violent clashes between different religious groups.
Diesm was most popular among these enlightened peacemakers, which held that God created earth, but that our religious texts and supernatural beliefs did not make sense. Jefferson crafter his own bible by assembling More...
Diesm was most popular among these enlightened peacemakers, which held that God created earth, but that our religious texts and supernatural beliefs did not make sense. Jefferson crafter his own bible by assembling More...
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