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Author Meacham, Jon, author.

Title American gospel [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] God, the founding fathers, and the making of a nation / Jon Meacham.

Publication Info. New York : Random House
©2006
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Performer Read by Grover Gardner.
Summary Author Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, this book draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill" sermon to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. At the heart of the American experiment lies what Benjamin Franklin called "public religion," a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well.--From publisher description.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2006 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject United States -- Religion.
United States -- History -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Religion and politics -- United States -- History. -- Sound recordings.
Christianity and politics -- United States -- History. -- Sound recordings.
National characteristics, American. -- Sound recordings.
Genre Electronic audio books.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
ISBN 9781415953037 (electronic audio bk.)
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