Sworn on the Alter of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson (Library of Religious Biography) - Softcover

Gaustad, Edwin S.

 
9780802801562: Sworn on the Alter of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson (Library of Religious Biography)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0802801560 ISBN 13: 9780802801562
Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996

Inhaltsangabe

This acclaimed biography explores the religious life of Thomas Jefferson and the contribution his strident commitment to religious liberty made to the formation of the nation. Renowned historian Edwin Gaustad chronicles Jefferson's intellectual growth, paying particular attention both to Jefferson's private struggle to come to grips with his own faith and to his public role as champion of religious liberty. This volume is must reading for anyone interested in the religious life of one of America's most significant figures.

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Edwin S. Gaustad (1923-2011) was Professor Emeritus of History and Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He also taught at Shorter College, the University of Redlands, Baylor University, and Auburn University. He received a B.A. from Baylor University and a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Brown University. He is the author of, among other works, Sworn on the Altar of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson, Liberty of Conscience: Roger Williams in America, Historical Atlas of Religion in America, The Religious History of America: The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to Today (with Leigh Schmidt), and Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land: A History of Church and State in America."

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Gaustad has again demonstrated his mastery of American religious history with this elegantly crafted and incisively argued study of Jefferson's religion. Of course, in telling so well the story of Jefferson's engagement with religious issues, he has also given us an important piece of American nation building.

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Verlag
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0802801560
ISBN 13 
9780802801562
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
260
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