Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv

The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America

Af: Frank Lambert Engelsk Paperback

The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America

Af: Frank Lambert Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its constitution? Frank Lambert explains why this happened, offering in the process a synthesis of American history from the first British arrivals through Thomas Jefferson''s controversial presidency.


Lambert recognizes that two sets of spiritual fathers defined the place of religion in early America: what Lambert calls the Planting Fathers, who brought Old World ideas and dreams of building a "City upon a Hill," and the Founding Fathers, who determined the constitutional arrangement of religion in the new republic. While the former proselytized the "one true faith," the latter emphasized religious freedom over religious purity.


Lambert locates this shift in the mid-eighteenth century. In the wake of evangelical revival, immigration by new dissenters, and population expansion, there emerged a marketplace of religion characterized by sectarian competition, pluralism, and widened choice. During the American Revolution, dissenters found sympathetic lawmakers who favored separating church and state, and the free marketplace of religion gained legal status as the Founders began the daunting task of uniting thirteen disparate colonies. To avoid discord in an increasingly pluralistic and contentious society, the Founders left the religious arena free of government intervention save for the guarantee of free exercise for all. Religious people and groups were also free to seek political influence, ensuring that religion''s place in America would always be a contested one, but never a state-regulated one.


An engaging and highly readable account of early American history, this book shows how religious freedom came to be recognized not merely as toleration of dissent but as a natural right to be enjoyed by all Americans.

Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 355
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its constitution? Frank Lambert explains why this happened, offering in the process a synthesis of American history from the first British arrivals through Thomas Jefferson''s controversial presidency.


Lambert recognizes that two sets of spiritual fathers defined the place of religion in early America: what Lambert calls the Planting Fathers, who brought Old World ideas and dreams of building a "City upon a Hill," and the Founding Fathers, who determined the constitutional arrangement of religion in the new republic. While the former proselytized the "one true faith," the latter emphasized religious freedom over religious purity.


Lambert locates this shift in the mid-eighteenth century. In the wake of evangelical revival, immigration by new dissenters, and population expansion, there emerged a marketplace of religion characterized by sectarian competition, pluralism, and widened choice. During the American Revolution, dissenters found sympathetic lawmakers who favored separating church and state, and the free marketplace of religion gained legal status as the Founders began the daunting task of uniting thirteen disparate colonies. To avoid discord in an increasingly pluralistic and contentious society, the Founders left the religious arena free of government intervention save for the guarantee of free exercise for all. Religious people and groups were also free to seek political influence, ensuring that religion''s place in America would always be a contested one, but never a state-regulated one.


An engaging and highly readable account of early American history, this book shows how religious freedom came to be recognized not merely as toleration of dissent but as a natural right to be enjoyed by all Americans.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 344
ISBN-13: 9780691126029
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 069112602X
Udg. Dato: 19 mar 2006
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 155mm
Højde: 232mm
Forlag: Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato: 19 mar 2006
Forfatter(e): Frank Lambert
Forfatter(e) Frank Lambert


Kategori Den Amerikanske Revolution


ISBN-13 9780691126029


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 344


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 155mm


Højde 232mm


Udg. Dato 19 mar 2006


Oplagsdato 19 mar 2006


Forlag Princeton University Press

Vi anbefaler også
Kategori sammenhænge