TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meacham,Jon
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - American gospel: God, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation 
AV  - BL2525 .M423 2006eb
U1  - 322/.10973 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Religion
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-387); Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - Author Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, this book draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill" sermon to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. At the heart of the American experiment lies what Benjamin Franklin called "public religion," a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well.--From publisher description
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10235214
ER  -