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Title:
Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America
Author:
Meyerson, Michael.
ISBN:
9780300183498
Publication Information:
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 368 pages)
Abstract:
"Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They created a spiritual public vocabulary, one that could communicate to all--including agnostics and atheists--that they were valued members of the political community. Through their writings and their decisions, the framers affirmed that respect for religious differences is a fundamental American value. Now it is for us, Meyerson concludes, to determine whether religion will be used to alienate and divide or to inspire and unify our religiously diverse nation."-- Provided by publisher.
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