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LEADER: 02118cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2007021710
003 DLC
005 20080916075740.0
008 070522s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007021710
020 $a9781400064373 (alk. paper)
020 $a1400064376 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn137244716
035 $a(OCoLC)137244716
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050 00 $aBL640$b.W35 2008
082 00 $a323.44/2097309033$222
100 1 $aWaldman, Steven.
245 10 $aFounding faith :$bprovidence, politics, and the birth of religious freedom in America /$cSteven Waldman.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2008.
300 $axvi, 277 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-216) and index.
520 $aThe 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 efforts to create a Christian paradise, and concludes with the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, during which the men who had devised lofty principles regarding the proper relationship between church and state struggled to practice what they'd preached.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aFreedom of religion$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xReligion.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021710.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007021710-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007021710-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007021710-s.html