Faith of the Founders Religion and the New Nation, 1776-1826
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Edwin S. Gaustad is emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Riverside. He is a noted church historian and the author of over a dozen books.Randall Balmer is John Phillips Professor in Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books.
"As clear and serene a guide to the mixture of religious and political events at the time of the nation's founding as we are likely to get." --Martin Marty, Catholic Historical Review
"Historically informative and as relevant as today's headlines. The author brings to these sensitive chapters all the wisdom and sophistication and that have marked him as a premier historian of the American religious experience." --Henry W. Bowden, Religious Studies Review
"Gaustad reminds us of the genius behind the founders' formulations regarding the relationship between church and state. Faith of the Founders is the best summary available of the social, political, and intellectual context that surrounded the crafting of our charter documents." --Randall Balmer, author of The Making of Evangelicalism: From Revivalism to Politics and Beyond
Based on James Sprunt lectures delivered at Union Theological Seminary (Richmond), this beautifully written book shows the complexity of church-state relations in the early republic. -- Justus D. Doenecke, New College of Florida -- Anglican and Episcopal History
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Edwin S. Gaustad is emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Riverside. He is a noted church historian and the author of over a dozen books.Randall Balmer is John Phillips Professor in Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books.