UID:
almahu_9948206711602882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780190231002 (ebook) :
Content:
Steven Green examines the evidence supporting claims that America's founding principles are based in part on religion. These claims usually centre on the Puritan background to republican government, assertions of divine providence directing the leaders and events of the American Revolution, and the religious beliefs of various Founders. The book shows that the notion of a Christian origin for American government is one of the nation's leading founding myths, one that was consciously created during the early nineteenth century as part of the drive to establish a national identity.
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780190230975
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
