American covenant : a history of civil religion from the Puritans to the present

Was the United States founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders actually envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets and the Western political heritage of civ...

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Main Author: Gorski, Philip S.,
Other Authors: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Manuscript
Language: English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Ebook Central (EBC)
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