Steven K Green

Inventing a Christian America

The Myth of the Religious Founding

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Produktbeschreibung

Steven K. Green explores the historical record that supports the popular belief about the nation's religious origins, seeking to explain how the ideas of America's religious founding and its status as a Christian nation became a leading narrative about the nation's collective identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780190230975
• ISBN-10: 0190230975
• Artikelnr.: 47208968

Autorenporträt

Steven K. Green is Director of the Willamette Center for Religion, Law, and Democracy, and the Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of History at Willamette University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Christian Nation Debate, Methodological Fallacies, and the Role of Myths
Chapter 1: A Haven for Religious Freedom
Chapter 2: A Model for Christian and Civil Government
Chapter 3: The Revolutionary and Constitutional Impulse
Chapter 4: A Government of Men
Chapter 5: The Birth of a Myth
Conclusion
Index