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Language: English. Number of Pages: 235. Weight: 0.78 lbs. Publication Date: 2007-09-09. Publisher: IVAN R DEE INC.

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In her lively refutation of modern claims about America's religious origins, Brooke Allen looks back at the late eighteenth century and shows decisively that the United States was founded not on Christian principles at all but on Enlightenment ideas. Moral Minority presents a powerful case that the unique legal framework the Founding Fathers created was designed according to the humanist ideals of Enlightenment thinkers: God entered the picture only as a very minor player, and Jesus Christ was conspicuous by his absence. The guiding spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, Ms. Allen explains, was not Jesus Christ but John Locke. In direct and accessible prose, she provides fascinating chapters on the religious lives of the six men she considers the key Founding Fathers: Franklin, Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton. Far from being the conventional pious Christians we too often imagine, these men were skeptical intellectuals, in some cases not even Christians at all. Moral Minority presents unforgettable images of our iconic founders: Jefferson taking a razor to the Bible and cutting out every miraculous and supernatural occurrence; Washington rewriting speeches others had crafted for him, so as to omit all references to Jesus Christ; Franklin and Adams confiding their doubts about Christ's divinity; Madison expressing deep disapproval over the appointment of chaplains to Congress and the armed forces, and of what we would now call faith-based initiatives. Enlivened by generous portions of the founders' own incomparable prose, Moral Minority makes an impassioned and scintillating contribution to the ongoing debate--more heated now than ever before--over the separation of church and state and the role (or lack thereof) of religion in government.

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Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-10
1566637511
ISBN-13
9781566637510
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Moral Minority : Our Skeptical Founding Fathers
Author
Brooke Allen
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), General, Political, History, Political Freedom, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz

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This is an excellent book about the beliefs of the six founders and well worth a read. Highly recommended., A mighty case for the religious questioning of America's Founding Fathers...thoughtful, diligently researched and often eyebrow-raising., Her argument marks a salient starting point for an informed debate on a compelling topic. Those who call the U.S. a 'Christian Nation' when referring not only to the religious beliefs of its citizens but to the structure and intention of its government ought to welcome the contrarian challenge she poses., Meticulously researched and eminently readable. . . . Enthusiastically recommended for all collections., Allen provides honest answers to the questions about the religious beliefs and practices of Washington and the other key founders., Ably Demonstrates the Uncontroversial Thesis That Many of the Founding Fathers Were Not Very Devout., Allen's book . . . brings the substantial literary talents of a public intellectual to the dialogue on church and state in America., Meticulously Researched and Eminently Readable.... Enthusiastically Recommended for All Collections., Allen delivers a rationalist polemic against those who would make of the American Founders observant, believing Christians in the modern sense....Ms. Allen writes with facility., If our right-wing adversaries insist on claiming that Washington and Franklin actually wanted the United States to be a Christian theocracy, Allen's book certainly can help to refute that outrageous lie., A mighty case for the religious questioning of America's Founding Fathers . . . thoughtful, diligently researched and often eyebrow-raising., Examine[s] the...Founding Fathers to convincingly demonstrate that Christian belief did not guide their political thinking...an excellent concluding chapter., Allen lucidly demolishes the fundamentalists' revisionist history of the Constitution. . . . An elegant and riveting defense., Allen's book...brings the substantial literary talents of a public intellectual to the dialogue on church and state in America., Examine[s] the . . . Founding Fathers to convincingly demonstrate that Christian belief did not guide their political thinking . . . an excellent concluding chapter., Allen lucidly demolishes the fundamentalists' revisionist history of the Constitution.... An elegant and riveting defense., Allen delivers a rationalist polemic against those who would make of the American Founders observant, believing Christians in the modern sense. . . . Ms. Allen writes with facility.
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
277.3/07
Dewey Edition
22

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