Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 368 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
030016632X
,
0300183496
,
1280571276
,
9780300166323
,
9780300183498
,
9781280571275
Content:
"Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They created a spiritual public vocabulary, one that could communicate to all--including agnostics and atheists--that they were valued members of the political community. Through their writings and their decisions, the framers affirmed that respect for religious differences is a fundamental American value. Now it is for us, Meyerson concludes, to determine whether religion will be used to alienate and divide or to inspire and unify our religiously diverse nation."--
Content:
Introduction: the great seal -- Before the beginning -- A tolerant, Protestant nation -- The second American revolution -- "We have become a nation": drafting the Constitution -- Adding the First Amendment -- Freedom of religion in the new nation -- Original wisdom
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Meyerson, Michael Endowed by our creator New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012
Language:
English
URL:
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