Christianity and the constitution
Subtitle: the faith of our founding fathers
By: John Eidsmoe.
Publisher: Baker Book House
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: United States. -- Signers.; Church and state -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; United States -- Religion -- To 1800.; United States -- History -- Philosophy.
Description: Eidsmoe deals with four major influences on the founding fathers: Calvinism, deism, freemasonry, and science. He then goes on to examine the religious beliefs of thirteen specific men: John Witherspoon, James Madison, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, Roger Sherman, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 412.