ISBN: 9780151011858 - so help me god: the founding fathers and the first great battle over church and state (30 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Today's dispute over the line between church and state (or the lack thereof) is neither the first nor the fiercest in our history. In a revelatory look at our nation's birth, Forrest Church re-creates our first great culture war--a tumultuous, nearly forgotten conflict that raged from George Washington's presidency to James Monroe's. Religion was the most divisive issue in the nation's early presidential elections. Battles raged over numerous issues while the bible and the Declaration of Independence competed for American affections. The religous political wars reached a vicious peak during the War of 1812; the American victory drove New England's Christian right to withdraw from electoral politics, thereby shaping our modern sense of church-state separation. No longer entangled, both church and state flourished.Forrest Church has written a rich, page-turning history, a new vision of our earliest presidents' beliefs that stands as a reminder and a warning for America today.…

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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Today's dispute over the line between church and state (or the lack thereof) is neither the first nor the fiercest in our history. In a revelatory look at our nation's birth, Forrest Church re-creates our first great culture war--a tumultuous, nearly forgotten conflict that raged from George Washington's presidency to James Monroe's. Religion was the most divisive issue in the nation's early presidential elections. Battles raged over numerous issues while the bible and the Declaration of Independence competed for American affections. The religous political wars reached a vicious peak during the War of 1812; the American victory drove New England's Christian right to withdraw from electoral politics, thereby shaping our modern sense of church-state separation. No longer entangled, both church and state flourished.Forrest Church has written a rich, page-turning history, a new vision of our earliest presidents' beliefs that stands as a reminder and a warning for America today.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine. near fine. Stated First Edition. 8vo (22 x 16 cm). 530 pp. Inscribed by author on title page to Charlotte and Henry Kimelman. Henry L. Kimelman was an American businessman, political adviser and diplomat (Ambassador to Haiti 1980-1981). Unclipped DJ in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Like new in all respects in a like new dust jacket. Clean and unmarked. From the flap:" Today's dispute over the line between church and state (or the lack thereof) is neither the first nor the fiercest in our history. In a powerful retelling of the birth of the American body politic, religious historian Forrest Church describes our first great culture war―a tumultuous yet nearly forgotten conflict that raged from George Washington's presidency to James Monroe's. On one side of the battle, the proponents of order―Federalists, Congregationalists, New Englanders―believed that the only legitimate ruler of men is God. On the other side, the defenders of liberty―republicans, Baptists, Virginians―cheered the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, and believed that only the separation of church and state would preserve man's freedom. Would we be a nation under God, or with liberty for all?" Forrest Church is currently serving his thirtieth year as minister of All Souls Church in Manhattan. He earned his doctorate in church history at Harvard and has written or edited twenty-two books, including The Separation of Church and State. He lives in New York. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, stated; first printing, full letter line (A-K). Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "To L--, M--, and E-- / with lots of love / Forrest." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $28.00); Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. First Edition [stated]. [10], 530, [4] pages. Includes Introduction, as well as chapters on George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Also includes Epilogue; Appendix: Did George Washington Say "So Help Me God"? Acknowledgments, Endnotes, Bibliography, and Index. Frank Forrester Church IV (September 23, 1948 - September 24, 2009) was a leading Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian. He was Senior Minister of the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City, until late 2006 when he was appointed as Minister of Public Theology. His father was elected to the United States Senate in 1956 and served four terms, until January 1981. Church was a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Divinity School. He received a Ph.D. in early church history from Harvard University in 1978. In a revelatory look at the birth of our nation, Forrest Church re-ceates our first great culture war--a tumultuous yet nearly forgotten conflict that raged from George Washington's presidency to James Monroe's. Would we be a nation under God, or with liberty and justice for all? With the Bible and the Declaration of Independence competing for American affections, the Fourth of July itself became a battleground, with conservative pastors scorning the "Red, White, and Blue" as anti-Christian and anti-American, while Baptists, on the religious left, led the vanguard for church-state separation. This is an illuminating study of the complex connection between religion and politics. Derived from a Kirkus review: Religious historian and minister Church examines freedom of religion in late-18th- and early-19th-century America. In this fascinating and subtle study, Church shows that the issue of church and state is not simple. Some early Americans believed that the new nation needed "a strong Christian government" to survive, and others favored a clear separation between church and state. Central to the victory of the latter view-and thus to the story Church tells-is Thomas Jefferson's drafting of the "Statute Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia," which disestablished the Anglican Church and created a model for the religious freedom later enshrined in the First Amendment. Church is especially good at revealing small but significant episodes: George Washington's insisting his troops honor the Sabbath during the Revolutionary War, James Madison's thoughts on the constitutionality of chaplains in Congress. Perhaps the most fascinating character in this narrative is John Adams, who, though himself disdainful of orthodox Christian teaching, believed that religion was necessary to maintain virtue in the new nation. Church also investigates the seeming irony that a nation with no established religion should remain so religious. There's no contradiction there, he suggests; in fact, disestablishment guaranteed that churches would not be manipulated by politics, and thus freed them to focus on matters of faith, not statecraft. The author's discussion of Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists-a letter that includes the phrase "a wall of separation between church and state". An important, nuanced book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 530 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.