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Esbeck on Religion During the American Revolution
Carl H. Esbeck (University of Missouri School of Law) has posted Religion During the American Revolution and the Early Republic. The abstract follows. This paper is part of an anthology and will...
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Meyerson on the Founders’“Spiritual Public Vocabulary”
The last little period of lack of light has brought with it the consolation of catching up on some overdue reading. One of the books I’ve been enjoying, and learning from, is Michael Meyerson’s recent...
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Olree on James Madison’s Formative Experiences with Religious Establishments
Andy G. Olree (Faulkner U. – Jones School of Law) has posted “Pride Ignorance and Knavery”: James Madison’s Formative Experiences with Religious Establishments. The abstract follows. Judicial...
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Allitt Reviews Frazer’s “The Religious Beliefs of America’s Founders”
I’m also a little late in noticing this very well-done review by Patrick Allitt (history, Emory), some of whose on-line courses I have listened to in the car. He discusses a book by Gregg Frazer, The...
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Notes on Kabala’s Book About Church-State Relations in the Early Republic
I just read James S. Kabala’s Church-State Relations in the Early American Republic, 1787-1846 (2013). I recommend it; it recounts lots of interesting details and debates which Kabala presents very...
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Nelson, “The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding”
Here’s one I will be sure to pick up–Eric Nelson’s (Harvard University) The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding published by Harvard University Press later this year. Perhaps not...
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Haskell, “For God, King, and People”
This January, University of North Carolina Press will release “For God, King, and People: Forging Commonwealth Bonds in Renaissance Virginia” by Alexander B. Haskell (University of California). The...
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Richard, “The Founders and the Bible”
In April, Rowman & Littlefield will release “The Founders and the Bible” by Carl J. Richard (University of Louisiana at Lafayette). The publisher’s description follows: The religious beliefs of...
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Kidd, “Benjamin Franklin”
In May, Yale University Press will release Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father by Thomas S. Kidd (Baylor University). The publisher’s description follows: A major new biography,...
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