Books written by Daniel L. Dreisbach
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Faith and the Founders of the American Republic
This volume offers essays on a variety of religious views and beliefs that shaped late-eighteenth-century public life, such as the contribution of evangelical denominations to advancing religious liberty.
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Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia
This collection of innovative essays by leading scholars profiles the Christian communities in Virginia, analyzes the religious philosophical influences of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and discusses the Virginian contributions to the ...
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Faith and the Founders of the American Republic
Thirteen essays written by leading scholars explore the impact of a rich variety of religious traditions on the political thought of America's founders.
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Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers
Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers broaches the perennial question of whether the American founding was, to some extent, informed by religious--specifically Christian--ideas.
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Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you. Leviticus 25:10 Among the best-known symbols of liberty in American history is a ...
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The Founders on God and Government
papers delivered at the American Political Science Association annual meetings or as John Courtney Murray lectures at the ... Even before they were laid in their graves, the founders, both individually and collectively, excited the ...
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Faith and the Founders of the American Republic
He also attempted to have a clause approved that would forbid religious establishment in the state, but was unable to find the votes to get it inserted. See Buckley, Church and State, 18–19. 22. Isaac Backus, The Diary of Isaac Backus, ...
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The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life
This interdisciplinary volume brings together essays on eleven of the founders of the American republic--Abigail Adams, Samuel Adams, Oliver Ellsworth, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Paine, Edmund Randolph,...
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Great Christian Jurists in American History
This volume profiles nineteen of America's most influential Christian jurists from the early colonial era to the present day.
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The Founders on God and Government
Gould , William D. ' The Religious Opinions of Thomas Jefferson . " Mississippi Valley Historical Review 20 ( 1933 ) : 191-208 . Hall . David W. The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding . Lanham , MD : Lexington Books , 2003 .
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The Sacred Rights of Conscience: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-state Relations in the American Founding
The Sacred Rights of Conscience contains original documents from both public and private papers, such as constitutions, statutes, legislative resolutions, speeches, sermons, newspapers, letters, and diaries. These documents provide a...
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Great Christian Jurists in American History
This volume profiles nineteen of America's most influential Christian jurists from the early colonial era to the present day.
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Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers
Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers broaches the perennial question of whether the American founding was, to some extent, informed by religious--specifically Christian--ideas.
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Faith and the Founders of the American Republic
This volume will be a crucial resource for anyone interested in the place of faith in the founding of the American constitutional republic, from political, religious, historical, and legal perspectives.
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Religion and Politics in the Early Republic: Jasper Adams and the Church-state Debate
In this volume, Dreisbach brings together for the first time Adams's sermon, a critical review of the treatise, and transcripts of previously unpublished letters written in response to it by James Madison, John Marshall, Joseph Story, and J ...
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Religion and Politics in the Early Republic: Jasper Adams and the Church-State Debate
Religion and Politics in the Early Republic: Jasper Adams and the Church-State Debate