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1) Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America

Author

Waldman, Steven

Publisher

Blackstone Publishing

Language

English

Description

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The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a "Christian nation." Many on the left contend that the Founders were secular or Deist and that the First Amendment was designed to boldly separate church and state throughout the land. None of these claims are true, argues Beliefnet.com editor in chief Steven Waldman. With refreshing

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2) Founding faith: how our founding fathers forged a radical new approach to religious liberty

Author

Waldman, Steven

Publisher

Random House Inc

Pub. Date

2009.

Language

English

Description

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The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Author Waldman, cofounder of Beliefnet.com, argues that the United States was not founded as a "Christian nation, " nor were the Founding Fathers uniformly secular or Deist. Rather, the Founders forged a new approach to religious liberty, a revolutionary formula that promoted faith--by leaving it alone. His narrative begins with early settlers' stunningly unsuccessful...