On Faith and Free Government

by Palm, Daniel C.; Quayle, Dan; Davies, Samuel; Howard, Simeon; Jaffa, Harry V.; Mayhew, Jonathan; Rogers, James R.; Thurow, Glen E.; West, Samuel; West, Thomas G.; Whittaker, Nathaniel

• ISBN13: 9780847686032
• ISBN10: 0847686035
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Responding to the general confusion in the United States about the proper role of religion in politics, five distinguished scholars demonstrate in original essays how our nation's founders carefully and clearly defined the appropriate relationship between church and state, and how we can adapt our current political institutions to reflect the founders' wisdom. Also, includes a collection of the most important statements by the Founders that address religion's role in American political life.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Religious Liberty: The View from the Founding	p. 3
"Where Locke stopped short we may go on": Religious Toleration and Religious Liberty at the Founding	p. 29
Are These Truths Now, or Have They Ever Been, Self-Evident?	p. 43
The Christian and Rebellion against Authority	p. 49
Civil Rights and Liberties in the Vocabulary of the American Founding	p. 61
"A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission" (excerpt), 1750	p. 77
"The Curse of Cowardice", 1758	p. 93
"A Sermon Preached to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston", 1773	p. 99
Declaration of Independence, 1776	p. 117
"On the Right to Rebel against Governors", 1776	p. 121
"An Antidote against Toryism", 1777	p. 151
Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty (excerpt), 1786	p. 175
Northwest Ordinance (excerpt), 1787	p. 177
Selected Addresses and Letters of George Washington
First Inaugural Address, 1789	p. 179
A Proclamation of National Thanksgiving, 1789	p. 182
Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 1790	p. 183
Farewell Address, 1796	p. 184
Index	p. 197
About the Contributors	p. 201
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