The Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founders Really Believed

by Mapp, Alf J.

• ISBN13: 9780742531154
• ISBN10: 0742531155
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

In The Faiths of Our Fathers, widely acclaimed historian Alf Mapp, Jr. cuts through the historical uncertainty to accurately portray the religious beliefs of eleven of America's founding fathers, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. He discovers men with religious beliefs as diverse as their political opinions. These profiles shed light on the lives and times of the revolutionary generation and the role of religion in public life throughout American history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
In the Beginning Was Variety	p. 1
Thomas Jefferson	p. 3
Benjamin Franklin	p. 22
James Madison	p. 41
John Adams	p. 54
George Washington	p. 66
John Marshall	p. 80
Patrick Henry	p. 86
Alexander Hamilton	p. 97
George Mason	p. 110
Charles Carroll of Carrollton	p. 124
Haym Salomon	p. 146
What Most People Thought	p. 153
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom	p. 158
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 178
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