TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hutson,James H.
TI  - The founders on religion: a book of quotations 
SN  - 9781400826704
AV  - PN6084.R3 F68 2005eb
U1  - 200 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Religion
KW  - Quotations, maxims, etc
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - United States
KW  - Quotations
KW  - Citations, maximes, etc
KW  - Hommes d'État
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Citations
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Reference
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
KW  - fast
KW  - Politieke elites
KW  - gtt
KW  - Religieuze opvattingen
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface --; Founding generation members quoted in this volume --; A note on the texts --; The quotations --; Addiction --; Afterlife --; Age --; America --; American Revolution --; Animals --; Atheism --; Bible : value of --; Bible : accuracy of the text --; Bible : exegesis of --; Bible : Old Testament --; Bible : revision of --; Calvinism --; Catholicism --; Catholicism : Jesuits --; Chaplains --; Children --; Christianity --; Christianity : Christian nation --; Church and state --; Clergy --; Communion --; Conscience : see liberty of conscience --; Consolation --; Constitution of the United States --; Creeds --; Crime and punishment --; Death --; Deism --; Divorce --; Ecumenicism --; Education --; Episcopalians --; Faith --; Fast and Thanksgiving days --; God --; Grief --; Hell --; Indians : see Native Americans --; Islam --; Jesus --; Jews --; Laws --; Liberty of conscience --; Marriage --; Millennium --; Miracles --; Missionary and Bible societies --; Morality --; Native Americans --; New England --; Oaths --; Patriotism --; Paul, the apostle --; Persecution --; Plato --; The poor --; Prayer --; Presbyterians --; Proclamations : see fast and Thanksgiving days --; Profanity --; Prophecy --; Providence --; Quakers --; Reason --; Religion, freedom of : see liberty of conscience --; Religion : propensity of humans for --; Religion : social utility of --; Republicanism --; Rights --; Sabbath --; Sin --; Slavery --; Trinity --; Unitarianism --; Universalism --; Virgin Mary --; War --; Women --; Suggestions for further reading
N2  - What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. The book calls to the witness stand all the usual suspects--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams--as well as many less
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