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Moral Minority - Our Skeptical Founding Fathers
Moral Minority - Our Skeptical Founding Fathers 

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This book effectively refutes modern claims about America's religious origins.

Brooke Allen looks back at the late 18th century and shows decisively that the United States was founded not on Christian principles at all but on Enlightenment ideas. Moral Minority presents a powerful case that the unique legal framework the Founding Fathers created was designed according to the humanist ideals of Enlightenment thinkers: God entered the picture only as a very minor player, and Jesus Christ was conspicuous by his absence. The guiding spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, Allen explains, was not Jesus Christ but John Locke. In direct and accessible style, she provides fascinating chapters on the religious lives of the six men considered the key Founding Fathers: Franklin, Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton.

Far from being the conventional pious Christians we too often imagine, these men were skeptical intellectuals, and in some cases not even Christians at all. Moral Minority makes an impassioned and scintillating contribution to the ongoing debate - more heated now that ever before - over the separation of church and state and the role (or lack thereof) of religion in government.

Praise:

"A welcome counterweight to the emerging consensus that America needs to return to its religious roots. Allen's book suggests that if America starts practicing its religion the way many advocate, Christianity will suffer tremendously." -- Darryl Hart

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Author Brooke Allen
ISBN# 978-1-56663-751-0
Type Quality Paperback
Year 2006
Pages 245
Illustrated no
Base Cost 7.50
Price: $10.95

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