Lectures on religion and the founding of the American republic
By: edited by John W. Welch with Stephen J. Fleming.
Contributors: Welch, John W.; Fleming, Stephen
Publisher: Brigham Young University
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Provo, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Statesmen -- Religious life -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Church and state -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Freedom of religion -- United States -- History -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects; United States -- Church history -- To 1775
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: English inheritance "nursing fathers": The model for church-state relations in America from James I to Jefferson / James H. Hutson; title: The English Revolution, Milton, and the roots of religious liberty in America / John S. Tanner; title: The Bible and Colonial America: the influence of the Hebrew scriptures on the founders and founding of the American republic / Andrew C. Skinner; title: Biblical Law in America: historical perspectives and potentials for reform / John W. Welch; title: Religious minorities, "could a Catholic become an American?": the Catholic experience in the early years of the country / George Niederauer; title: Early Jewish singers of the American dream: from Penina Moise to Emma Lazarus / Fred Wenger; title: The Revolutionary era: religion at war in support of the American Revolution / Milton V. Backman, Jr.; title: The Virginia Bill of Rights and the birth of religious freedom / W. Cole Durham; title: Thomas Jefferson: religious beliefs and political doctrines / Matthew S. Holland; title: The early republic awash in a sea of faith: America and the second great awakening /  Grant Underwood; title: Routing the Republic: religion and the American West / Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp.