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Zusatztext This book does a splendid job of illuminating varieties of American revolutionary and religious experience Informationen zum Autor Mark David Hall is Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics at George Fox University.Daniel L. Dreisbach is Professor of Justice, Law and Society at American University. Klappentext Thirteen essays written by leading scholars explore the impact of a rich variety of religious traditions on the political thought of America's founders. Zusammenfassung Thirteen essays written by leading scholars explore the impact of a rich variety of religious traditions on the political thought of America's founders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Introduction - Daniel L. Dreisbach and Mark David Hall PART I: Religion and Political Culture in the American Founding Chapter 1 Deism and the Founders - Darren Staloff Chapter 2 Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: The Influence of the Reformed Tradition in the American Founding - Mark David Hall Chapter 3 Jews, Judaism, and the American Founding - David G. Dalin Chapter 4 The Founders and Islam - Thomas S. Kidd Chapter 5 Religion and the Loyalists - Robert M. Calhoon and Ruma Chopra Chapter 6 The Antifederalists and Religion - Donald L. Drakeman Chapter 7 The Bible in the Political Culture of the American Founding - Daniel L. Dreisbach Chapter 8 Religion, Race, and the Founders - Jonathan D. Sassi PART II: Faith and the Founders Chapter 9 Gouverneur Morris and Theistic Rationalism in the Founding Era - Gregg Frazer Chapter 10 John Hancock: Congregationalist Revolutionary - Gary Scott Smith Chapter 11 Elias Boudinot, Presbyterians, and the Quest for a "Righteous Republic" - Jonathan Den Hartog Chapter 12 The Quaker Contributions of John Dickinson to the Creation of the American Republic - Jane E. Calvert Chapter 13 Isaac Backus and John Leland: Baptist Contributions to Religious Liberty in the Founding Era - Joe L. Coker Index ...
