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001 2010034961
003 DLC
005 20110807080446.0
008 100817s2011 kyua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780664235048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0664235042 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn657223892
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050 00 $aBR515$b.F43 2011
082 00 $a261.70973$222
100 1 $aFea, John.
245 10 $aWas America founded as a Christian nation? :$ba historical introduction /$cJohn Fea.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aLouisville, Ky. :$bWestminster John Knox Press,$cc2011.
300 $axxvii, 287 p. :$bill. ; 23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: how to think historically -- Evangelical America, 1789-1865 -- Evangelicals, liberals, and Christian America, 1865-1925 -- Christian America in a modern age, 1925-1980 -- History for the faithful: the contemporary defenders of Christian America -- Were the British colonies Christian societies? -- Christianity and the coming of the American Revolution -- The Revolutionary pulpit -- Nature's God: is the Declaration of Independence a Christian document? -- Religion in the critical period -- A "Godless constitution"? -- Did George Washington pray at Valley Forge? -- John Adams: devout Unitarian -- Thomas Jefferson: follower of Jesus -- Benjamin Franklin: ambitious moralist -- What about Witherspoon? Three Orthodox founders.
650 0 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xChurch history.