TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richard,Carl J.
TI  - The Founders and the Bible
SN  - 9781442254657
AV  - BL2525.R53 2016 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Religion and state - United States - History - 18th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 A People of the Book -- 2 A Lifelong Passion -- 3 Heroes and Villains -- 4 Divine Intervention -- 5 The New Israel -- 6 Religion, Morality, and Republicanism -- 7 Other Shared Beliefs -- 8 Differences -- 9 Human Nature and Balanced Government -- 10 Church and State -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
N2  - In The Founders and the Bible, historian Carl J. Richard carefully examines the framers' relationship with the Bible to assess the conflicting claims of those who argue that they were Christians founding a Christian nation against those who see them as Deists or modern secularists. Richard argues that it is impossible to understand the Founders without understanding the Biblically infused society that produced them
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