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Holmes, David L.

The faiths of the founding fathers [electronic resource] / David L. Holmes. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - x, 225 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.

Religion in the American colonies in 1770 -- The Anglican tradition and the Virginia founding fathers -- The enlightenment religion of deism -- The founding fathers and deism -- The religious views of Benjamin Franklin -- The religious views of George Washington -- The religious views of John Adams -- The religious views of Thomas Jefferson -- The religious views of James Madison -- The religious views of James Monroe -- The wives and daughters of the founding fathers -- A layperson's guide to distinguishing a deist from an orthodox Christian -- Three orthodox Christians -- The past is a foreign country.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Deism--History--United States--18th century.
Statesmen--Religious life--History--United States--18th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Religion--To 1800.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL2747.4 / .H63 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 200.973/09033