Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 - Contributions to Original Intent

Zusatztext Derek H. Davis ... is a scrupulous historian. Informationen zum Autor Derek Hamilton-Davis is Director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Relations at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, which offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Church-State Studies. He is also the Editor of Journal of Church and State. Klappentext This book offers the first comprehensive examination of the role of religion in the proceedings, theories, ideas and goals of the Continental Congress. Those who argue that the U.S. was founded as a "Christian Nation" have made much of the religiosity of the founders, particularly as it was manifested in ritual invocations of a clearly Christian God. Congress's religious activities, Davis shows, expressed an unreflective popular piety, and by no means a determination of the revolutionaries to entrench religion in the federal state. Zusammenfassung An examination of the role of religion in the proceedings, theories, ideas and goals of the Continental Congress. Congress's religious activities, Davis shows, expressed an unreflective popular piety, and by no means a determination of the revolutionaries to entrench religion in the federal state.

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• Authors: Derek Davis, Derek H. Davis, Derek H. (Director Davis, Davis Derek H.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2000
• EAN: 9780195133554
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513355-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Religion in America; Religion in America Life (Hard; Religion in America
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christianity, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Church history, C 1700 To C 1800, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches