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1) Founding faith: Providence, politics, and the birth of religious freedom in America

Author

Waldman, Steven

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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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.

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2) Drawing down the moon: witches, Druids, goddess-worshippers, and other pagans in America today

Author

Adler, Margot

Language

English

3) The first liberty: religion and the American Republic

Author

Miller, William Lee

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

1986.

Language

English

4) The making of American liberal theology: imagining progressive religion, 1805-1900

Author

Dorrien, Gary J

Publisher

Westminster John Knox Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

5) Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul: church, state, and the birth of liberty

Author

Barry, John M

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

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An acclaimed historian and "New York Times"-bestselling author offers a revelatory look at how Roger Williams shaped the nature of religion, political power, and individual rights in America.

6) Religious freedom

Author

Pfeffer, Leo

Series

To protect these rights

Publisher

National Textbook Co

Pub. Date

[1977]

Language

English

7) Working on God

Author

Gallagher, Winifred

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

8) Creative spirituality: the way of the artist

Author

Wuthnow, Robert

Publisher

University of California Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

9) The Unitarians and the universalists

Author

Robinson, David

Series

Denominations in America ; no. 1

Publisher

Greenwood Press

Pub. Date

1985.

Language

English

10) The founding fathers and the place of religion in America

Author

Lambert, Frank

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003" Frank Lambert is Professor of History at Purdue University. He is the author of Pedlar in Divinity and Inventing the "Great Awakening" (both Princeton). How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its constitution? Frank Lambert explains why this...