Well, I am finally in a position to reveal my very tentative Table of Contents for my book manuscript: “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: An Historical Primer.” Everything that you read below, I might add, is subject to change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: How to Think Historically
PART ONE: The United States is a Christian Nation: The History of an Idea
- Chapter One: Evangelical America, 1789-1865
- Chapter Two: Liberals and Evangelicals, 1865-1925
- Chapter Three: Christian America in a Modern Age, 1925-1980
- Chapter Four: History for the Faithful: The Contemporary Defenders of Christian America
PART TWO: Was the American Revolution as Christian Event?
- Chapter Five: Were the British Colonies Christian Societies?
- Chapter Six: A Just Cause?
- Chapter Seven: Nature’s God: Is the Declaration of Independence a Christian Document?
- Chapter Eight: Religion in the “Critical Period”
- Chapter Nine: A “Godless Constitution?
PART THREE: The Religious Beliefs of the Founding Fathers
- Chapter Ten: Did George Washington Pray at Valley Forge?
- Chapter Eleven: John Adams: Devout Unitarian
- Chapter Twelve: Thomas Jefferson: Follower of Jesus
- Chapter Thirteen: Benjamin Franklin: Ambitious Moralist
- Chapter Fourteen: What About Witherspoon?: The Evangelical Founders
CONCLUSION
Really looking forward to reading this. I'm working on research for my dissertation right now, which deals with the beginning of the home missions movement in the early republic. I'll certainly be dealing with some of the Christian nation issues, and I'll just as certainly want to read what you have to say.
Brian
brianfranklin@tamu.edu
Thanks for the comment, Brian! And good luck with the dissertation.
I can`t wait also to read it dr fea. It sounds like a great book in the works.
This sounds like an interesting book, and a good intro to the subject. I'd be interested in reading the part about Franklin. It's intriguing that you listed it as morality rather than religion.