Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
In a clear and original treatment of a controversial topic, historian James H. Hutson describes the rise of organized religion in America and its interaction with government from the arrival of Protestant and Catholic groups in New England and the middle Colonies in the early 17th century to the establishment of new religious groups in the early decades of the 19th century. By interpreting the Puritans' arrival in New England in the context of European religious persecution, he lays the...
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A balanced and lively look at the role of religion between colonization and the 1840s. Booknews As a companion piece for a Library of Congress exhibit which opened June 1998, chronicles the settlement of the North American colonies as a religious refuge through 1835when Tocqueville wrote that Americans consider religion "indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions." The amply illustrated narrative considers the early experience of diverse religious denominations in the context of the First Amendment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronology1America as a Religious Refuge32Religion in Eighteenth-Century America193Religion and the American Revolution374Religion and the Congress of the Confederation, 1774-89495Religion and the State Governments596Religion and the Federal Government757Religion and the New Republic99Notes115Library of Congress Resources121Select Bibliography123Catalogue of Objects in the Exhibition125Index132
\ BooknewsAs a companion piece for a Library of Congress exhibit which opened June 1998, chronicles the settlement of the North American colonies as a religious refuge through 1835<-->when Tocqueville wrote that Americans consider religion "indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions." The amply illustrated narrative considers the early experience of diverse religious denominations in the context of the First Amendment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
