Founding Faith : How Our Founding Fathers Forged a Radical New Approach to Religious Liberty (Paperback)

from bruchu

Both Liberals and Conservatives Have it Wrong In this highly intellectual and highly engaging text, BeliefNet founder Steven Waldman tackles the debate over what the Founding Fathers intended over the question of religion in the formation of an independent nation-state. The central thesis of the ...

from revslick

It has a slow start, but once you get a few chapters in it is fascinating to see the plethora of views our founding fathers maintained. The final chapter, which lists several myths from the Left and the Right about the founding fathers and the constitutional application of faith and country. The ...

from HarryH100

Best book on the subject that I have read. Thorough research, opinions are clearly identified. Well balanced.

from sweetFrank

I bought this book with high expectations that it would add something to the debate about the religious attitudes of the citizenry at the time of the American Revolution and during the immediate decade thereafter. I was disappointed. The emphasis is on a handful of founders (Adams, Washington, Fr...

from ebnelson

An excellent book. Waldman's really dives into the wider body of writings of the founding fathers to reconstruct their views on religion, a narrative that helps supplement the conventional biographies of these men by adding a more holistic view of their religious practices and beliefs--something ...