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Kidd's "God Of Liberty: A Religious History Of The American Revolution"- Book Review, Mark Hall
Kidd's "God Of Liberty: A Religious History Of The American Revolution"- Book Review, Mark Hall
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
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Did America Have A Christian Founding?, Mark David Hall
Did America Have A Christian Founding?, Mark David Hall
Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics
"Did America have a Christian Founding? This disputed question, far from being only of historical interest, has important implications for how we conceive of the role of religion in the American republic. Mark David Hall begins by considering two popular answers to the query— “Of course not!” and “Absolutely!”—both of which distort the Founders’ views. After showing that Christian ideas were one of the important intellectual influences on the Founders, he discusses three major areas of agreement with respect to religious liberty and church–state relations at the time of the Founding: Religious liberty is a right and must be protected; …