"In God we trust" ; : the religious beliefs and ideas of the American founding fathers

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"In God we trust" ; : the religious beliefs and ideas of the American founding fathers

Title remainder

the religious beliefs and ideas of the American founding fathers

Statement of responsibility

Selected, edited, and with commentary by Norman Cousins

Creator

• Cousins, Norman

Subject

• United States -- Religion
• Biography
• Christianity -- Early works to 1800
• Biographies
• United States -- Biography
• Free thought -- Early works to 1800
• Early works
• Church and state -- United States -- Early works to 1800
• Founding Fathers of the United States
• Religion -- Early works to 1800

Genre

• Biographies
• Early works
• Biography
• Early works to 1800

Language

eng

Summary

• This text presents Important religious writings by Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Adams, John Jay, and Thomas Paine
• This book is about the religious beliefs and personal philosophies of the small company of young men who founded the new nation that called itself the United States of America. Much is known about their political ideas--but what about their own articles of faith and individual philosophies? This question has served as the basis for speculation and often conflicting theory, especially in connection with recurring issues facing the American people. This is the first time these materials have been brought together into a single source. In these pages they speak their minds; they also speak to the spiritual concerns of our own time. Norman Cousins has examined literally thousands of letters, personal diaries and official pronouncements in making the selections for this book. As part of each chapter, he has also written an essay on the education and general background of each man.--From publisher description

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

LC call number

E302.5

LC item number

.C67

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography