Faith of the Founders: Religion and the New Nation, 1776-1826
"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 Foundersis the best summary available of the social, political, and intellectual context that surrounded the crafting of our charter documents."--Randall Balmer, author ofThe Making of Evangelicalism: From Revivalism to Politics and Beyond